Meaning of चट्टान in English

A high, steep rock; a precipice.
See Clef.
Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as, the craggy side of a mountain.
A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
See Roc.
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
The striped bass. See under Bass.
To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
A rocky isle; an insulated rock.
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