living rock
Rock that is carved in situRock that is carved in situ.
» Have you been living under a rock?
Lebst du hinterm Mond? — Vortarulo
Ты на облаке живёшь? — marafon
Вы на облаке живёте? — marafon
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4 senses(uncountable)Rock that is carved in situ.
The temple was hewed from the living rock.
(countable, uncountable)A trovant.
(countable, uncountable)Pyura chilensis, a tunicate that resembles a mass of organs inside a rock.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of living stone (“plant that resembles a rock”).
- usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
- highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
Examples
6 sentencesHave you been living under a rock?
ruТы на облаке живёшь? — marafon
deLebst du hinterm Mond? — Vortarulo
Let me explain for those living under a rock.
ruОбъясняю для тех, кто в танке. — Olya
Have you been living under a rock with sound-proof walls?
You look like you've been living under a rock your whole life.
Gabor has been living under a rock.
Forms
plural: living rocks| Singular | living rock |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States:Ariocarpus fissuratus
- highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa:living granitestone mimicry plant
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable