rock hard

Frequency: 6.518.5 per million words

Emphatic way to say something is extremely solid or firm.

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Examples (10)

  • The toffee was rock hard.
  • This old bread has gone rock hard.
  • The ground was frozen rock hard, so we couldn't dig.
  • After months of training, his abdominal muscles were rock hard.
  • I couldn't sleep because the mattress felt rock hard.
  • I need to defrost this meat; it's still rock hard.
  • Be careful, the clay will become rock hard once it dries.
  • Why is this cheese rock hard? I just bought it yesterday.
  • He tried to bite the candy, but it was rock hard.
  • The soil in the garden becomes rock hard during a drought.