rockery

[US]/'rɒk(ə)rɪ/
[UK]/'rɑkəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. garden feature consisting of a decorative arrangement of rocks; a landscape feature consisting of rocks and plants
Word Forms
Pluralrockeries

Phrases & Collocations

natural rockery

Real-world Examples

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

Source: The Secret Garden (Original Version)

The robbers ran from the rockery, holding a rod and dancing rock-'n'-roll.

Source: Pan Pan

" Let us climb up the rockery, and sit on the garden wall, " said Moppet.

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 1)

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

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 1)

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