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Rock
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'''Rock''' may refer to:
Geology
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Rock (geology), a substance composed of minerals.
*An
islet, specifically, composed of minerals.
*A
gemstone (slang), usually understood to be a diamond
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Rock salt, an unrefined form of
sodium chloride
Culture and entertainment
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Rock music, the super-genre of styles of popular music evolved from rock and roll.
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Social effects of rock and roll
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Rock and roll, a genre of popular music, which developed in 1950s and '60s, from which all rock music evolved
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Rocks (album)'', an album by Aerosmith
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Cocaine, a slang term for the drug.
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Rock (manga), a dark young boy who is a recurrent character of Osamu Tezuka's mangas.
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Basketball Rock is also urban
slang for the ball used in the sport of
basketball.
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Nathaniel "Rock" Adams'', a character in the video game, ''Soul Calibur III''
Food
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Ice, commonly referred to as "yellow piss" when used with alcoholic waste
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Rock (confectionery), a confectionery made and sold in many of the UK's seaside holiday resorts, in the shape of a cylinder.
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Rock candy, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals.
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Rock (chicken), a breed of chicken.
Computers
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ROCK Linux, a Linux distribution build kit
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Rocks Cluster Distribution, Open Source High Performance Linux Cluster Solution
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Rock processor, a
Sun Microsystems Sun microprocessor currently in development
The Rock
'''The Rock''' may refer to:
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Newfoundland, a slang name for the place.
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Alcatraz Island, slang name for the federal prison in San Francisco Bay
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The Rock (film)'', a 1996 motion picture about the prison
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Gibraltar, is nicknamed "The Rock".
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Dwayne Johnson, a professional wrestler and actor known as "
The Rock (entertainer) The Rock".
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, The Rock is this railroad's nickname.
*The
Rock of Gilbraltar
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Jesus
*The Disciple
Peter
Places
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Rock, Wisconsin, USA
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Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
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Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
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Rock, Kansas, USA
* Ayers Rock or
Uluru, Australia
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Rock, Cornwall, UK
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Rock, Worcestershire, UK
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Rock River (disambiguation)
People
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Rock Hudson, (1925-1985), American actor
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Chris Rock, (1965-), American comedian
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Joseph Rock, (1884-1962), Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, A fictional character who lives in southside
Dublin. (His initials spell ROCK)
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Andrew Rock,(1982-),United States athlete
Weapons
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:Category:Primitive weapons, the most basic of the primitive weapons and projectile in many early missile weapons.
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de:Stein
fr:Rock
he:רוק
pl:Kamień (strona ujednoznaczniająca)
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Rock and roll''' .html">List of rock genres
Rock genres'''
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Aboriginal rock |
Alternative rock |
Anatolian rock |
Art rock |
Avant-rock |
Blues-rock |
Boogaloo |
British Invasion |
Cello rock |
Chicano rock |
Christian rock |
Country rock |
Desert rock |
Detroit rock |
Dialect rock |
Flamenco-rock |
Folk-rock |
Garage rock |
Girl group |
Glam rock |
Hard rock |
Hardcore punk Hardcore |
Heartland rock |
Heavy metal music Heavy metal |
Indo-rock |
Instrumental rock |
Jam band |
Jangle pop |
Krautrock |
Madchester |
Merseybeat |
Piano rock |
Post-rock |
Power pop |
Progressive rock |
Psychedelic music Psychedelia |
Pub rock (Australia) Pub rock (Aussie) |
Pub rock (UK) |
Punk rock |
Punta rock |
Raga rock |
Raï rock |
Rockabilly |
Rockoson |
Samba-rock |
Skiffle |
Soft rock |
Southern rock |
Surf rock Surf |
Symphonic rock |
Tango rockero
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