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Definitions
unrefined
rock
unrefined rock
Rock
[
rok
]
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rɒk
/
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Rock(s)
may refer to:
Rock (geology)
, a mineral substance
Rock music
, a form of popular music
Places
Rock, Cornwall
, a village in Kernow (Cornwall)
Rock, Worcestershire
, a village in Worcestershire, UK
Rock, Kansas
, an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States
Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin
, a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin
, a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States
"The Rock" or
Gibraltar
, a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula
"The Rock" or
Alcatraz Island
, a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States
Entertainment
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
or Dwayne Johnson, actor and former professional wrestler
The Rock
(film)
, a 1996 film starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage
Rock (manga character)
, a character in Osamu Tezuka's manga series
Rock On!!
(2008 film)
, a Hindi film
Music
Rock (rapper)
, half of the hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah
Rocks
(album)
, an album by Aerosmith
"The Rock" (song)
, an instrumental song by The Who from
Quadrophenia
"Rocks" (song)
, a song by Primal Scream
"
Soft/Rock
", a single by Lemon Jelly featuring the tracks "Soft" and "Rock"
Food
Rock (confectionery)
, a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery
Rock (chicken)
, a breed of chicken
Computers
ROCK Linux
, software for building customized Linux distributions
Rock processor
, a microprocessor by Sun Microsystems
Rocks Cluster Distribution
, a Linux distribution for cluster computing
Other uses
ROCK1
, a human gene
Rock or
islet
, a small island
The Rocks, the mascot of
Rock Island High School
, Rock Island, Illinois
"The Rock" or
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
, a former Class I railroad in the United States
People with the name
In
surnames
:
Allan Rock
, Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat
Andrew Rock
, Olympic athlete
Bob Rock
, musician, sound engineer and record producer
Chris Rock
, American comedian
David M. Rock
, former mayor of Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada
John Rock (American scientist)
, one of the inventors of the contraceptive pill
Joseph Rock
, Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
Raymond Rock
, Canadian politician
Robert Rock
, English professional golfer
In
given names
:
Rock Hudson
, American actor
Rock Whittington
, guitarist
In
nicknames
:
Kid Rock
, American rapper and rock musician
Rahman "Rock" Harper
, winner of
Hell's Kitchen
Season 3
Tim Raines
, American baseball player, nicknamed "Rock"
In
fictional characters
:
Rock Lee
, a character from the anime and manga series
Naruto
Nathaniel "Rock" Adams
, a character from the
Soul Calibur
series of games
Rock Howard
, a character from the
Fatal Fury
and
King of Fighters
series of games
See also
The Rock (disambiguation)
ROC (disambiguation)
Rockfish (disambiguation)
Rock salt
or Halite, an unrefined form of sodium chloride
Rock candy
, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals
Rock Township, Benson County, North Dakota
Rock County, Wisconsin
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock River (Mississippi River)
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