ART ROCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does art rock mean? 

• ART ROCK (noun)
  The noun ART ROCK has 1 sense:

1. a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing

  Familiarity information: ART ROCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ART ROCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

art rock; progressive rock

Hypernyms ("art rock" is a kind of...):

rock; rock'n'roll; rock-and-roll; rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western)