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rock·er·y

 (rŏk′ə-rē)
n. pl. rock·er·ies
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rockery

(ˈrɒkərɪ)
n, pl -eries
(Horticulture) a garden constructed with rocks, esp one where alpine plants are grown. Also called: rock garden
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rock′ gar`den


n.
a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
Also called rockery.
[1830–40]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rockery - a garden featuring rocksrockery - a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
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Translations
صُخور تَنْمو بَينها النَّباتات
skalka
stenhøj
steinbeî
kayalık bahçe

rockery

[ˈrɒkərɪ] Njardín m de roca or de rocalla
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rockery

[ˈrɒkəri] njardin m de rocaille, rocaille f
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rockery

nSteingarten m
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rockery

[ˈrɒkərɪ] ngiardino roccioso
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rock1

(rok) noun
1. (a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth. The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.
2. a large stone. The climber was killed by a falling rock.
3. a type of hard sweet made in sticks. a stick of Edinburgh rock.
ˈrockeryplural ˈrockeries noun
a heap of rocks in a garden with earth between them in which small plants are grown.
ˈrocky adjective
a rocky coastline.
ˈrockiness noun
ˌrock-ˈbottom noun, adjective
(at) the lowest level possible. Prices have reached rock-bottom; rock-bottom prices.
ˈrock-garden noun
a rockery.
ˈrock-plant noun
any plant which grows among rocks eg on mountains, often also grown in rockeries.
on the rocks
in a state of ruin or of great financial difficulty. Their marriage is on the rocks; The firm is on the rocks.
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References in classic literature ?
This plot of ground, turned now as I saw into a rockery, had been the scene of my most untiring labours.
The site of my garden was occupied by a rockery, and the orchard grass with all its treasures had been dug up, and the spaces between the trees planted with currant bushes and celery in admirable rows; so that no future little cousins will be able to dream of celestial hosts coming towards them across the fields of daffodils, and will perhaps be the better for being free from visions of the kind, for as I grew older, uncomfortable doubts laid hold of my heart with cold fingers, dim uncertainties as to the exact ultimate position of the gardener and the governess, anxious questionings as to how it would be if it were they who turned out after all to be sheep, and I who--?
"Now what sort of person can that be," I asked myself, shaking my head, as I contemplated the changes before me, "who could put a rockery among vegetables and currant bushes?
"Why don't you put a heap of stones there and pretend it is a rockery?" he said.
I recollected that I was stabbed just as I was trampling the ground to fill up the hole; while doing so I had leaned against a laburnum; behind me was an artificial rockery, intended to serve as a resting-place for persons walking in the garden; in falling, my hand, relaxing its hold of the laburnum, felt the coldness of the stone.
So would you if your only pleasure was in cruising about to find some new Cannibal Islands, and you had to stick on this muddy little rockery in a sort of rustic pond.
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This maiden's a rockery star MAIDENHAIR spleenwort fern are especially useful for growing in rockeries that see some shade during the day and the front of north-facing borders.
No need to head to the Alps for a flower fix this summer - you can build your own alpine rockery at home.