ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTER

Meaning of ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTER in English

noun

see mountain oyster

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTER — noun Usage: usually capitalized R&M : mountain oyster
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTER. — See mountain oyster . [ 1885-90 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROCKY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Rocky Mountain goat {{link=Rocky Mountain National Park">Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain …
Английский словарь Британика
OYSTER — Any bivalve of two families, Ostreidae (true oysters) or Aviculidae (pearl oysters), found in temperate and warm coastal waters worldwide. …
Английский словарь Британика
MOUNTAIN — I Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local …
Английский словарь Британика
ROCKY — I. ˈräkē, -ki adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English rokky, from rokke rock, cliff + -y, adjective suffix 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OYSTER — I. ˈȯistə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English oistre, from Middle French, from Latin ostrea, from Greek ostreon; akin …
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MOUNTAIN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROCKY — (a.) Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
Английский словарь Webster
OYSTER — (n.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects …
Английский словарь Webster
MOUNTAIN — (a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to …
Английский словарь Webster
ROCKY — ( a. ) Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OYSTER — ( n. ) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROCKY — rocky 1 /rok"ee/ , adj., rockier, rockiest . 1. full of or abounding in rocks. 2. consisting of rock. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OYSTER — /oy"steuhr/ , n. 1. any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, …
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MOUNTAIN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OYSTER — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English oistre, from Anglo-French, from Latin ostrea, from Greek ostreon; akin to Greek ostrakon …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROCKY — adj like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. 2. rocky ·adj fig.: not easily impressed or affected; …
Webster English vocab
OYSTER — noun a name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side …
Webster English vocab
MOUNTAIN — noun a mountainlike mass; something of great bulk. 2. mountain ·adj like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. 3. mountain …
Webster English vocab
ROCKY — [rocky] adj rock.i.er ; -est [ME rokky, fr. rokke rock] (15c) 1: abounding in or consisting of rocks 2: difficult …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OYSTER
Britannica English vocabulary
MOUNTAIN — landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief. …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROCKY — rock|y, Rock|y BrE AmE ˈrɒk |i AmE ˈrɑːk |i ▷ rock|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r ▷ rock|ies, \~y's iz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OYSTER — oyster BrE AmE ˈɔɪst ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ oyster|s z ▶ ˈ oyster bed BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — mountain BrE AmE ˈmaʊnt ɪn -ən AmE \ - ə n —In singing sometimes -eɪn ▷ mountain|s z ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROCKY — / ˈrɒki; NAmE ˈrɑːki/ adjective ( rock·ier , rocki·est ) 1. made of rock; full of rocks : a rocky …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OYSTER — / ˈɔɪstə(r); NAmE / noun a large flat shellfish . Some types of oyster can be eaten and others produce …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — / ˈmaʊntən; NAmE ˈmaʊntn/ noun 1. a very high hill, often with rocks near the top : a chain / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROCKY — Rocky BrE AmE ( 1976) the first of a series of films in which Sylvester ↑ Stallone appears as a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROCKY — rock ‧ y /ˈrɒki $ ˈrɑːki/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . covered with rocks or made of rock: a rocky …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OYSTER — oy ‧ ster /ˈɔɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: oistre …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOUNTAIN — moun ‧ tain S3 W3 /ˈmaʊntən, ˈmaʊntɪn $ ˈmaʊnt ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROCKY — adj. & n. --adj. (rockier, rockiest) 1 of or like rock. 2 full of or abounding in rock or rocks …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OYSTER — n. 1 any of various bivalve molluscs of the family Ostreidae or Aviculidae, esp. an edible kind, Ostrea edulus, of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOUNTAIN — n. 1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROCKY — adj. & n. adj. (rockier, rockiest) 1 of or like rock. 2 full of or abounding in rock or rocks …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OYSTER — n. 1 any of various bivalve molluscs of the family Ostreidae or Aviculidae, esp. an edible kind, Ostrea edulus, of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — n. 1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OYSTER — n.1 any of various bivalve molluscs of the family Ostreidae or Aviculidae, esp. an edible kind, Ostrea edulus, of European …
Oxford English vocab
MOUNTAIN — n.1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high and …
Oxford English vocab
ROCKY — ( rockier, rockiest) 1. A rocky place is covered with rocks or consists of large areas of rock and has …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OYSTER — ( oysters) 1. An oyster is a large flat shellfish. Some oysters can be eaten and others produce valuable objects …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — ( mountains) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A mountain is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROCKY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OYSTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES oyster bed Oyster card COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE fresh ▪ As this dish contains …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOUNTAIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment ▪ The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROCKY — [adjective] -ier, -iestAfter two months in a hospital bed, I felt a bit rocky (= I could not balance very …
Cambridge English vocab
OYSTER — [noun] [C] - a large flat shellfish, some types of which can be eaten either raw or cooked, and other …
Cambridge English vocab
MOUNTAIN — [noun] [C] - a raised part of the Earth's surface, larger than a hill, the top of which might be …
Cambridge English vocab
OYSTER — n. Any bivalve of two families, Ostreidae (true oysters) or Aviculidae (pearl oysters), found in temperate and warm coastal waters …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOUNTAIN — n. mountain sheep mountain lion Mountain Man mountain climbing mountain sickness Bernese mountain dog Kings Mountain Battle of Landis Kenesaw …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROCKY — adj. Marciano Rocky Rocky Mountain goat Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OYSTER — See: WORLD IS ONE'S OYSTER.
Slang English vocab
OYSTER — noun Oyster is used before these nouns: ↑ mushroom , ↑ sauce , ↑ shell
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — noun 1 very high hill ADJECTIVE ▪ big , great , high , large , tall , towering ▪ 1 000 m …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN — • ↑ a mountain of • ↑ make a mountain out of a molehill
Longman Activator English vocab
MOUNTAIN — n. 25B6; noun a range of mountains : PEAK, height, mount, prominence, summit, pinnacle, alp; ( mountains ) range, massif, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROCKY — a film character created and played by Sylvester Stallone . He wrote and acted in five successful films about Rocky …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ROCKY — adj. 1 stony, pebbly, shingly, boulder-strewn, craggy; bumpy, difficult, hard, uncomfortable, arduous The beach at Nice might be romantic, but …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OYSTER — See: WORLD IS ONE'S OYSTER.
Словарь английских идиом
ROCKY — I прил. 1) каменистый, скалистый Rocky Mountains ≈ Скалистые горы (в Северной Америке) Syn : stony, cliffy 2) крепкий, твердый, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OYSTER — сущ. 1) устрица close/dumb as an oyster ≈ нем как рыба as like as an apple to an oyster ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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