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  • proper noun The Rocky Mountains, a mountain range in North America.
  • noun Plural form of Rocky.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide

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Examples

  • ROCKIES Dexter Fowler hit two triples to set a Colorado record and had three runs batted in, and the Rockies beat visiting Los Angeles, 10-5, for their first series win over the

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • A hunt to the Rockies is an experience that words cannot describe.

    Close Calls: Two Hunters Dodge a Charging Moose 2009

  • A big problem for the Rockies is the groin injury that will force Jorge de la Rosa (16-9) to miss the NLDS.

    What to watch for in Rockies-Phillies series 2009

  • A hunt to the Rockies is an experience that words cannot describe.

    Close Calls: Two Hunters Dodge a Charging Moose 2009

  • About the only thing now that can cool the Rockies is the cold weather forecast for Denver where the series resumes Saturday night.

    Matsui hitting his stride with Rockies 2007

  • Morning in the Rockies is a relative term; the high peaks retard the dawn by a good two hours, so we made half that ride in darkness, and the remainder in a prolonged twilight.

    Phil Caputo: Old Age and Elk Hunting in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • The big question for the Rockies is the closer - will it be Jerry Dipoto or Curt

    Some fuel for the Hot Stove 1998

  • Jack McQuestion antedated him; but they had entered the land by crossing the Rockies from the Hudson Bay country to the east.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • Company agents crossed over the Rockies from the Mackenzie to poach on the preserves of the Russian Bear, they thought that the Yukon flowed north and emptied into the Arctic Ocean.

    The Gold Hunters of the North 2010

  • But more gold hunters poured in over the passes to the south, more voyageurs and fur traders forced a way through the Rockies from the east, more seal hunters and coast adventurers poled up from Bering

    The Gold Hunters of the North 2010

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