ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rockier

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Rockier is an adjective meaning comparative form of rocky: more rocky.

Meaning

comparative form of rocky: more rocky.

More Meanings

  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A small blue dove.

Example Sentences

Gilbert White writes, "I have consulted a sportsman who tells me that […] often there are amongst them little parties of small blue doves which he calls rockiers. The food of these numberless migrants was beechmast and some acorns."

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rougher, bumpier, mellower, friendlier, moodier, smoother.

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