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PRONUNCIATION OF ROCK-RIBBED

rock-ribbed  [ˈrɒkˌrɪbd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROCK-RIBBED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rock-Ribbed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ROCK-RIBBED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rock-ribbed in the English dictionary

The definition of rock-ribbed in the dictionary is firm; uncompromising.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROCK-RIBBED


chibbed
tʃɪbd
gibbed
ɡɪbd
nibbed
nɪbd
oversubscribed
ˌəʊvəsəbˈskraɪbd
prescribed
prɪˈskraɪbd
proscribed
prəʊˈskraɪbd
ribbed
rɪbd
squibbed
skwɪbd
uncircumscribed
ʌnˈsɜːkəmˌskraɪbd
undersubscribed
ˌʌndəsəbˈskraɪbd
undescribed
ˌʌndɪˈskraɪbd
uninscribed
ˌʌnɪnˈskraɪbd
unprescribed
ˌʌnprɪˈskraɪbd
unribbed
ʌnˈrɪbd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROCK-RIBBED

rock the boat
rock tripe
rock up
rock wallaby
rock wool
rock-and-roll
rock-bottom
rock-bound
rock-climb
rock-girt
rock-hard
rock-solid
rock-steady
rock´n´roll
rockabilly
rockable
rockabye
Rockall
rockaway
rockcress

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROCK-RIBBED

ad-libbed
bibbed
cribbed
dabbed
dibbed
dubbed
fibbed
grabbed
jibbed
nabbed
robbed
rubbed
scrubbed
slabbed
snibbed
snubbed
stabbed
subbed
tabbed
webbed

Synonyms and antonyms of rock-ribbed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rock-ribbed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROCK-RIBBED

Find out the translation of rock-ribbed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rock-ribbed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rock-ribbed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

岩带肋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- roca estriada
570 millions of speakers

English

rock-ribbed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रॉक काटने का निशानवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصخور مضلع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неуступчивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

-rock com nervuras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনমনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rock- côtes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rock-ribbed
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rock- Rippen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

岩リブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바위 골
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rock-ribbed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá có gân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராக்-ribbed
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॉक-काजवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaya nervürlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rock- coste
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rockiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непоступливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

-rock cu nervuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ροκ - ραβδωτή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rock - geribde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rock- räfflad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rock- ribbe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rock-ribbed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCK-RIBBED»

The term «rock-ribbed» is normally little used and occupies the 137.020 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCK-RIBBED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rock-ribbed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCK-RIBBED»

Discover the use of rock-ribbed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rock-ribbed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
VENUS WINKED: POEMS, BALLADS, PARODIES,LIMERICKS, AND CLERIHEWS
I've got the rock-ribbed Conservative Palm Beach rape case blues, 'Cause I'm a rock-ribbed Conservative, and I don't know which side to choose. On the one hand, I'd hate to see that broad get away With bringing charges against a man after ...
NORMA HASS, 2013
2
A Narrative of South Scituate & Norwell (1849-1963): ...
Rock-Ribbed. Republicans. 1920–1944. Ninety. years ago this past August, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state, the number constitutionally required to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, giving all American women the right to vote in the ...
Samuel H. Olson, 2010
3
Boys' Life
Puppet in striped shirt bounds onstage , growling and flexing his muscles.) ROCK -RIBBED HOD GOBBLER: I am the Rock-Ribbed Hod Gobbler. My name is hard to say, and I am even tougher to beat. See my muscles! They're so large and ...
4
Proceedings: Twelfth Annual Convention of the International ...
He can and will protect you in the rock-ribbed walls of Right, and restore the peaceful river, reinvest you with your might, if you but ask His forgiveness and deserve His loving care by conforming to His mandates all the time and everywhere.
International Association of Rotary Clubs
5
Norway through the steroscope
rock-ribbed. heights. of. Mt. Gausta. (6,180. ft.) towering over quiet homes in the Maan Valley . . . . 20 Imposing beauty of spray-enshrouded Rjukan Fos, the “ foaming fall,” in the SOD-foot leap . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Terrific splendor of the mighty ...
M.S. Emery
6
Bryn Mawr College Yearbook
'Beckoning us on to Nature's secrets, the Rock-ribbed Butte tilled our minds and eyes with the aid 0f the cinema-tograp-h. “It'liss Bailey,” said the Rock-ribbed Butte, “I think you ha'Ve something to redeem yourself on. What do. we see here?
Bryn Mawr College. Senior Class
7
Dictionary Poems
They open and close, open and close tender around my heart like a child who cups a river frog inside her two hands, afraid to hurt it, more afraid to let it go. stenobathic (1902): living within narrow limits of depth Sometimes I quean rock- ribbed.
Gayle Brandeis, 2002
8
A Treasury of Iowa Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and ...
“This rock-ribbed Republican state,” he commented, “is a bastion of midwestern conservatism that is noted chiefly for its production of corn, hogs, and soybeans.” His interest in the state and his knowledge of it probably consisted of snippets ...
Webb Garrison, 2000
9
Who Killed the Grand Banks: The Untold Story Behind the ...
Fictional, perhaps, and more likely sales patter for his clients, this fishy narrative was spun into a tale of mythic proportion, painting a false reality of this foreboding , rock-ribbed place moored in the North Atlantic. Historic accounts say that Cabot  ...
Alex Rose, 2010
10
Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative
"Rather than the passionless techies and rock-ribbed Competent Men of hard SF, [Gibson's] characters are a pirate's crew of losers, hustlers, spin-offs, cast-offs, and lunatics. . . . Gibson puts an end to that fertile Gernsbackian archetype, Ralph  ...
George Edgar Slusser, T. A. Shippey, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCK-RIBBED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rock-ribbed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ted Cruz: Supreme Court Nominees Should Have 'Paper Trail' to …
“In one room was Edith Jones, the rock-ribbed conservative on the 5th Circuit Court Of Appeals who follows the Constitution, who doesn't legislate from the ... «Daily Signal, Jul 15»
2
Throwback Travel: Maine's Lobster Kitsch
Summer, 1952. Beauty contestants on the rock-ribbed Maine coast claw their way through a still-new summer celebration then called the Camden-Rockland ... «National Geographic Traveler Magazine, Jul 15»
3
John Kasich enters race. Is he 2016's Jon Huntsman?
Kasich, in many ways, is a rock-ribbed conservative who is well to Huntsman's right. His pursuit of balanced budgets is legendary. But he supports Common ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
4
Sen. Thom Tillis' preferred adviser – Dick Cheney
McCain, as rock-ribbed a Republican as there is, could have been too happy about that one. Dick Cheney, since leaving office, hasn't been a go-to guy for the ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
5
Are the Scales Falling from Our Eyes?
Elect the most rock-ribbed conservative (say, Ted Cruz) as president and at the end of the day -- or after a couple of terms -- the country's likely to be only ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
6
Trust a big issue in race to replace scandal-plagued Schock
... questions about his office and campaign spending has added to a crisis in confidence in government in a district known for rock-ribbed conservative values. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Supreme Court takes spotlight
All five cases seemed to be within the wheelhouse of any rock-ribbed Republican. Boy, have I ever been wrong. Several pundits say the liberal wing fared better ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
Andrew Coyne: Alberta never really was all that conservative
And Alberta never was the rock-ribbed conservative redoubt of myth. In election after election, decade after decade, Albertans have voted for a big-spending ... «National Post, May 15»
9
Charlie Chaplin and Joseph Stalin
... he asserted, were confined to the war years when Russia was helping defend U.S. democracy against Hitler — a period when even rock-ribbed types such as ... «National Review Online, Apr 15»
10
Best QBs to come through Houston
Texas football is more noted for hard-nosed running backs and rock-ribbed defenders than for fancy passing quarterbacks, but the state in general and Houston ... «Beaumont Enterprise, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Rock-Ribbed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rock-ribbed>. Apr 2024 ».
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