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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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Rock through the time
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
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