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rockery

[ rok-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural rock·er·ies.


rockery

/ ˈrɒkərɪ /

noun

  1. a garden constructed with rocks, esp one where alpine plants are grown Also calledrock garden
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rockery1

First recorded in 1835–45; rock 1 + -ery
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Example Sentences

We had one tree-fern that rose from the centre of a rockery, and spread itself over it like a handsome umbrella.

These poetic perspectives look upon rockery and statuary, lawn and fountain, borders and beds of flowers.

The mounting had been the worst part and it had only been achieved by the help of a rockery.

Why don't you put a heap of stones there and pretend it is a rockery?

He came up the rockery by degrees, breaking the ferns, and shedding buttons right and left.

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