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ROCK CLIMBING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rock climbing mean?
• ROCK CLIMBING (noun)
The noun ROCK CLIMBING has 1 sense:
1. the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment)
Familiarity information: ROCK CLIMBING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rock climbing" is a kind of...):
climb; mount (the act of climbing something)
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Context examples
Your sports may range from tennis to rock climbing, golf to hiking.
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