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rock-solid

rock-solid is the alternative form of rock solid.

Meaning of rock solid

Adjective

rock solid (comparative more rock solid, superlative most rock solid)

  1. Physically very solid; very difficult to move.
  2. (figuratively) Very strong and dependable.
    • Wolfgang Schäuble said on Tuesday he had “no concerns” about Deutsche Bank, speaking shortly after John Cryan, who was appointed to run Germany’s biggest bank seven months ago, sent an email to his 100,000 staff to assure them the bank was “absolutely rock solid”.2016 February 9, Jill Treanor, quoting John Cryan, “Deutsche boss tells staff the bank is ‘rock solid’ as shares slide”, in The Guardian

Forms of rock-solid

comparativemore rock-solid
superlativemost rock-solid

Questions about rock-solid

What is rock-solid the alternative form of?
Rock-solid is the alternative form of rock solid.

Words near rock-solid in the dictionary

  1. rock-paper-scissored
  2. rock-paper-scissoring
  3. rock-paper-scissors
  4. rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock
  5. rock-ribbed
  6. rock-solid
  7. rock-steady
  8. rock-wallabies
  9. rock-wallaby
  10. rockability
  11. rockabillies

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