rockfill

English

noun

Definitions

A dam's embankment of compacted free-draining granular earth, often containing rocks, with an impervious zone.

Etymology

Compound from English rock (rock music, stone, move back and forth, rock and roll) + English fill.

Origin

English

fill

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Britrock English
J-rock English
Rocksprings English
Rockville English
Rockwall English
Sheetrock English
antirock English
autofill English
backfill English
bedrock English
caprock English
dadrock English
deathrock English
fiberfill English
fibrefill English
fill English
fill-dike English
fill-dyke English
fillable English
filler English
fillest English
filleth English
fillrate English
fillup English
forthfill English
fulfill English
gritrock English
infill English
krautrock English
lakefill English
landfill English
linefill English
liverock English
loosefill English
microfill English
moonrock English
mudrock English
outrock English
overfill English
post-rock English
postrock English
prefill English
prerock English
r0x0r English
rackarock English
refill English
rendrock English
rerock English
rimrock English
rock English
rock badger English
rock-jumper English
rock-like English
rockability English
rockable English
rockadelic English
rockathon English
rockband English
rockbound English
rockbun English
rockburst English
rockcress English
rockcrusher English
rocker English
rockery English
rockesque English
rockest English
rocketh English
rockfall English
rockfest English
rockfish English
rockfoil English
rockfowl English
rockhead English
rockheaded English
rockhole English
rockhopper English
rockhounding English
rockify English
rocking English
rockish English
rockism English
rockist English
rockland English
rockless English
rocklike English
rockling English
rockman English
rockmass English
rockmeal English
rockmelon English
rockness English
rockover English
rockpile English
rockpool English
rockproof English
rockrose English
rockscape English
rockslide English
rocksnail English
rockspider English
rocksploitation English
rockstar English
rockstardom English
rocksteady English
rockstop English
rocksucker English
rocktastic English
rockweed English
rockwood English
rockwool English
rockwork English
rockwren English
rocky English
sheetrock English
slickrock English
soaprock English
technorock English
underfill English
unfill English
upfill English
woodrock English
rokki Finnish
rock Hungarian
rock Italian
rock Dutch, Flemish
rock French
rock Spanish, Castilian
rock Portuguese
ロック Japanese
rock Polish
fillen Middle English
rocke Middle English
rock Czech
rock Catalan, Valencian
ร็อก Thai