rock-ribbed

Questions about rock-ribbed

What does rock-ribbed mean?

rock-ribbed means "abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rock-ribbed?

rock-ribbed has 2 syllables and divides as roc-k-ribbed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rock-ribbed?

Close synonyms include rockbound, die-hard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rock-ribbed a common word?

rock-ribbed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.