rockery

[ rok-uh-ree ]

noun,plural rock·er·ies.

Origin of rockery

1
First recorded in 1835–45; rock1 + -ery

Words Nearby rockery

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How to use rockery in a sentence

  • 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.

    Huntingtower | John Buchan
  • Why don't you put a heap of stones there and pretend it is a rockery?

    The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • He came up the rockery by degrees, breaking the ferns, and shedding buttons right and left.

    The Tale of Tom Kitten | Beatrix Potter

British Dictionary definitions for rockery

rockery

/ (ˈrɒkərɪ) /


nounplural -eries
  1. a garden constructed with rocks, esp one where alpine plants are grown: Also called: rock garden

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