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Definition of rimrock
1 : a top stratum or overlying strata of resistant rock of a plateau that outcrops to form a vertical face
2 : the edge or face of a rimrock outcrop
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Included with any of those are Castle Pines Village’s secluded setting among forest and rimrock, where Taylor Morrison’s Colorado-Tudor architecture lavishly trimmed in stucco and stone is set against clusters of Ponderosa pines.
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