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rock
noun as in stone
noun as in foundation
Strong matches
anchor, bulwark, cornerstone, defense, mainstay, protection, strength, support
Weak match
Example Sentences
Marks had first come to his attention in 1973 when he got away with smuggling hash into the US by placing it into the speakers of British rock bands when they went there on tour.
"There was a young kid, who can't have been any more than eight or nine, and he picked up a rock, threw it at the police line and ran away," he said.
But it was the Puerto Rican who started strongly this time round, rocking Taylor early on before the Bray native fought back.
The rock and dust samples - the first to be retrieved from the far side of the Moon - were collected by the Chang’e-6 spacecraft, following a nearly two-month long mission which was fraught with risks.
“Crispy Skin,” from the English experimental rock band Squid’s upcoming third album, “Cowards,” is at once bright and nightmarish — a driving, six-minute post-punk tune inspired by a dystopian novel about cannibalism.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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