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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps;
- Example: "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine"
[syn: rock-ribbed, rockbound]

2. tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated;
- Example: "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"
- Example: "rock-ribbed republican"
[syn: die-hard(a), rock-ribbed]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rock-ribbed
    adj 1: abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps; "the
           rock-ribbed coast of Maine" [syn: rock-ribbed,
           rockbound]
    2: tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated; "an inflexible
       (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican" [syn:
       die-hard(a), rock-ribbed]