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rockhead
rockhead
English
Noun
rockhead (plural rockheads)
- (geology) The surface of the bedrock beneath soil cover.
- 2012, P. B. Attewell, I. W. Farmer, Principles of Engineering Geology (page 457)
- This type of area, with reasonably well-defined rockheads under glacial and lacustrine deposits, probably represents optimum conditions for the adoption of seismic exploration techniques.
- 2012, P. B. Attewell, I. W. Farmer, Principles of Engineering Geology (page 457)
- The fish Bothragonus swanii, a variety of poacher.
Etymology 2
Noun
rockhead (plural rockheads)
- (slang) A fan of rock music.
- 1997, New York Magazine (volume 30, number 15, page 65)
- […] an apparent betrayal of electronica's more oblique, less suburban ethos in favor of a record the rockheads like.
- 1997, New York Magazine (volume 30, number 15, page 65)