sliding rock
sliding rock Lexical Profile
• noun
American A famous natural rock waterfall located in the Pisgah National Forest of North Carolina, featuring a smooth, sloping stone surface that visitors use as a recreational water slide.
"During the humid summer months, tourists flock to Sliding Rock in North Carolina to plunge down its freezing waters and slide into the deep pool below."
A rock that slowly moves across a flat desert surface without human or animal intervention, leaving a visible track, typically propelled by wind over thin sheets of winter ice.
"The mysterious sliding rocks of Death Valley baffled scientists for decades before time-lapse photography revealed the precise combination of wind and melting ice required to move them."
Word Origin & Etymology
A descriptive compound phrase formed from the present participle of 'slide' and the noun 'rock', applied both to specific recreational waterfalls and to geological phenomena such as those famously found in Death Valley.