Rock
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Geology
- Rock (geology), a substance composed of minerals
- An islet, specifically, composed of minerals
- A gemstone (slang), usually understood to be a diamond
- Halite or rock salt, an unrefined form of sodium chloride
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Culture and entertainment
- Rock music, the super-genre of styles of popular music evolved from rock and roll
- Rock and roll, a genre of popular music, which developed in 1950s and '60s, from which all rock music evolved
- Rocks (album), an album by Aerosmith
- Cocaine (slang), a drug
- Rock (manga character), a dark young boy who is a recurrent character of Osamu Tezuka's mangas
- Nathaniel "Rock" Adams, a character in the video game, Soul Calibur III
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Food
- Rock (confectionery), a confectionery made and sold in many of the UK's seaside holiday resorts, in the shape of a cylinder
- Rock candy, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals
- Rock (chicken), a breed of chicken
- Ice, commonly referred to as "rocks" when used with alcoholic beverages
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Computers
- ROCK Linux, a Linux distribution build kit
- Rock processor, a Sun Microsystems microprocessor currently in development
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Places
- Rock, Wisconsin, USA
- Rock, Kansas, USA
- Ayers Rock or Uluru, Australia
- Rock, Cornwall, UK
- Rock, Worcestershire, UK
- Rock River (disambiguation)
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People
- Rock Hudson, (1925-1985), American actor
- Chris Rock, (1965-), American comedian
- Joseph Rock, (1884-1962), Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
- Andrew Rock, (1982-), United States athlete
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (ROCK), a fictional character who lives in southside Dublin
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The Rock
The Rock may refer to:
- Gibraltar, nicknamed "The Rock"
- Newfoundland, a slang name for the place
- Alcatraz Island, slang name for the federal prison in San Francisco Bay
- The Rock (film), a 1996 motion picture about the Alcatraz prison
- The Rock (entertainer), Dwayne Johnson, a professional wrestler and actor
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, nicknamed "The Rock"
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