rockery

[ rok-uh-ree ]

/ ˈrɒk ə ri /

noun, plural rock·er·ies.

rock garden.

Origin of rockery

First recorded in 1835–45; rock¹ + -ery

Words nearby rockery

rock elm, rocker, rocker arm, rocker cam, rocker panel, rockery, rocket, rocket airplane, rocket bomb, rocketeer, rocket engine

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Example sentences from the Web for rockery

Bring back some leaf mould from the woods, and mix the garden soil for the rockery.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.|Ellen Eddy Shaw
The small grass-plat surrounding the rockery was brightly green.
The Far Horizon|Lucas Malet
We had once stolen some rocks from an elder cousin's rockery and started a little rockery of our own.
My Reminiscences|Rabindranath Tagore
This, let me here state, will be found generally the right stuff for alpines and rockery plants.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers|John Wood

"Let us climb up the rockery, and sit on the garden wall," said Moppet.
The Tale of Tom Kitten|Beatrix Potter

British Dictionary definitions for rockery

rockery

/ (ˈrɒkərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

a garden constructed with rocks, esp one where alpine plants are grownAlso called: rock garden

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单词	rockery
释义	rockery [ rok-uh-ree ] / ˈrɒk ə ri / noun, plural rock·er·ies. rock garden. Origin of rockery First recorded in 1835–45; rock¹ + -ery Words nearby rockery rock elm, rocker, rocker arm, rocker cam, rocker panel, rockery, rocket, rocket airplane, rocket bomb, rocketeer, rocket engine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rockery Bring back some leaf mould from the woods, and mix the garden soil for the rockery. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.\|Ellen Eddy Shaw The small grass-plat surrounding the rockery was brightly green. The Far Horizon\|Lucas Malet We had once stolen some rocks from an elder cousin's rockery and started a little rockery of our own. My Reminiscences\|Rabindranath Tagore This, let me here state, will be found generally the right stuff for alpines and rockery plants. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers\|John Wood "Let us climb up the rockery, and sit on the garden wall," said Moppet. The Tale of Tom Kitten\|Beatrix Potter British Dictionary definitions for rockery rockery / (ˈrɒkərɪ) / noun plural -eries a garden constructed with rocks, esp one where alpine plants are grownAlso called: rock 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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