rocks
SayROKS/ɹɑks/UK/ɹɒks/AUS/ɹɔks/
- 1Plural of rock. Use this form when you mean more than one rock.
The children collected smooth rocks from the riverbed.
Huge rocks blocked the mountain road after the landslide.
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- 2Third-person singular simple present of rock. Use it with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the boat.
The little boat rocks gently on the calm water.
She rocks the baby until he falls asleep.
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- 3
- 4Crack cocaine, a strong and illegal drug.
Police found several rocks hidden inside a hollowed-out book.
He was arrested for selling rocks on the corner near the school.
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rocks is a form of rock
rock, noun: The hard natural stuff that the ground and mountains are made of, or one kind of it. Full entry
- Forms
- rockrocks plural
- Spelling
- rock → rocks: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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