Rock
Rock may refer to:
Geology
- Rock (geology), a substance composed of minerals.
- An islet, specifically, one that is small and with minimal soil
- A gemstone (slang), usually understood to be a diamond
- Rock salt, an unrefined form of sodium chloride
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, most prominent in 1950s and '60s, from which all rock music evolved
- Rocks (album), an album by Aerosmith
- Mega Man (character), the main character of a video game before his transformation into "Mega Man".
- Rock (manga), a dark young boy who is a recurrent character of Osamu Tezuka's mangas.
- Cocaine, a slang term for the drug.
- Rock (dance), a term to describe 'having a dance' in rave communities, (i.e. Melbourne Shuffle)
Food
- Ice, commonly referred to as "rocks" when used with alcoholic beverages
- Rock (confectionery), a confectionery made and sold in many of the UK's seaside holiday resorts
- Rock candy, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystalls.
- Rock (chicken), a breed of chicken.
Software
- ROCK Linux, a Linux distribution build kit
- Rocks Cluster Distribution, Open Source High Performance Linux Cluster Solution
The Rock
- Alcatraz Island, slang name for the federal prison in San Francisco Bay
- ''The Rock (movie)'', a 1996 motion picture about the prison
- Gibraltar, is nicknamed "The Rock".
- Dwayne Johnson, a professional wrestler and actor known as "The Rock".
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, The Rock is this railroad's nickname.
- Jesus
Places
- Rock, Wisconsin, USA
- Rock, Kansas, USA
- Ayers Rock or Uluru, Australia
- Rock, Cornwall, UK
- Rock, Worcestershire, UK
- Rock River (disambiguation)
- The Rocks, New South Wales, Australia
People
- Chris Rock, (1965-), African-American comedian
- Joseph Rock (1884-1962), Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist