Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

living rock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: liv-ing rock
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rock that is carved in situ.

Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Pyura chilensis, a tunicate that resembles a mass of organs inside a rock.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of living stone (“plant that resembles a rock”).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The temple was hewed from the living rock."
"So that all men despised him in the streets, / He hewed the living rock, with sweat and tears,"

Usage

Inflected Forms

living rocks (plural)

Phrases

live rock

Frequently Paired Words

live rock

Synonyms

living stone living granite stone mimicry plant ariocarpus fissuratus

Questions

What does living rock mean?: Rock that is carved in situ.

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