"rockery" meaning in English

See rockery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɒk.ə.ɹi/ [UK], /ˈɹɑk.ɚ.i/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rockery.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rockeries [plural]
Etymology: rock + -ery Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rock|ery}} rock + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} rockery (plural rockeries)
  1. A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants. Categories (topical): Gardens Synonyms: rock garden Synonyms (section of garden): rock garden Hyponyms: karesansui, Zen garden Translations (section of a garden made from decorative rocks): алпинеум (alpineum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 假山 (jiǎshān) (Chinese Mandarin), rotstuin [masculine] (Dutch), kivipuutarha (Finnish), rocaille [feminine] (French), Steingarten [masculine] (German), steinbeð [neuter] (Icelandic), creig-ghairdín [masculine] (Irish), carragán [masculine] (Irish), steinbed [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fjellhage [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), steinbed [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fjellhage [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Steengoaden [masculine] (Plautdietsch), jardín de rocas [masculine] (Spanish), rocalla [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rockery-en-noun-18ZVK1tH Disambiguation of Gardens: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'section of garden': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'section of a garden made from decorative rocks': 94 6
  2. A natural area where many seals breed.
    Sense id: en-rockery-en-noun-PuhXvNRn

Inflected forms

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