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Meanings of rock in English

Portuguese
rock
Catalan
rock
Spanish
rock
Wikidata

A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western.

        rock
        Portuguese
        rocha
        Catalan
        pedra
        Spanish
        piedra
        Wikidata

        A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter.

              rocha
              Synonyms
              Examples for "stone"
              Examples for "stone"
              1
              He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
              The two towers
              2
              History: A field stone building, originally a home, built in the 1890s.
              The ghost chronicles
              3
              Unfortunately the staircase was in stone; servants were busy in the drawing-room.
              Mike Fletcher: A Novel
              4
              He may, indeed, require divine help to roll aside this particular stone.
              The Irish Times
              5
              The stone steps are disjointed; the bell-cord is rotten; the gutter-spouts broken.
              La Grande Breteche
              Russian
              горная порода
              Portuguese
              rocha
              Spanish
              roca
              Catalan
              roca
              Wikidata

              Naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.

                  горная порода
                  Wikidata

                  Type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery.

                        Usage of rock in English
                        1
                        He said: ''My business is with Isengard tonight, with rock and stone.''
                        The two towers
                        2
                        Four Icelanders and an American asked the question: Can rock climbing help?
                        Climbing Magazine
                        3
                        The government plans to control the state before hitting rock-bottom, he said.
                        Reuters
                        4
                        However, local climbers have long felt the area's dearth of quality rock.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        5
                        There is a rock rising from a great turquoise sea of sand.
                        Year's best sf 15
                        6
                        In short, they are a power duo without peer in rock today.
                        Wired
                        7
                        Another problem: not much of a rock shoe can actually be stretched.
                        Rock and Ice Magazine
                        8
                        It needs to work, because Kendrick's serve looks rock-hard at the moment.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        The precipice grew in the darkness; the vertical rock had no ending.
                        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
                        10
                        Free Solo, a new film about rock climber Alex Honnold, is different.
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        Can't hear you, fellah.... Too much rock 'n' roll, way back when.
                        The Postman
                        12
                        Progressive rock is a term that's been used widely for 50 years.
                        Radio NZ
                        13
                        He wanted the rock 'n' roll foolishness to end, that's for sure.
                        Phoenix noir
                        14
                        The Speaker then placed the phial in the cavity of the rock.
                        The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
                        15
                        About going to the great rock and the great roll, I mean.
                        The Einstein Intersection
                        16
                        At the base of the rock shelf, something glinted in the sunlight.
                        Gold in the Sky
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