roc
/ˈɹɑk/
noun
Familiar
1.n.mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
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roc and rock are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. roc means “mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength”. rock means “a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter”. rock is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈɹɑk/
1.n.mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
/ˈɹɑk/
1.n.a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
“he threw a rock at me”
| roc | rock | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɑk/ | /ˈɹɑk/ |
| Said | rahk | rahk |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 3 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 1 | 9 |
| How common | Familiar | Core |
| Synonyms | none recorded | stone |
2.n.material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
“that mountain is solid rock”
3.n.United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)