rockery

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UK/ˈɹɒk.ə.ɹi/US/ˈɹɑk.ɚ.i/

noun

A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants.

Similar
rock garden
OriginEnglish rock ← Middle English rokke ← Anglo-Norman roque →
UncommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

nounrockery (plural rockeries)

plural rockeries

  1. A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants.

    Synonyms: rock garden, rock garden

  2. A natural area where many seals breed.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants.

Similar
rock gardenrock garden

More synonyms by meaning

nouna garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants

Similar
rock garden
Broader
garden
Also see
rock garden

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinroccabor.?
  2. Old English*rocc
  3. Early Medieval Latinrocca
  4. Anglo-Normanroque
  5. Middle Englishrokke
  6. Englishrock
  7. Englishrockery

From rock + -ery.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian алпинеум
  • алпинеум (alpineum)section of a garden made from decorative rocks
Chinese Mandarin 假山
  • 假山 (jiǎshān)section of a garden made from decorative rocks
Czech skalka
  • skalkasection of a garden made from decorative rocks
Dutch rotstuin
  • rotstuinsection of a garden made from decorative rocks
Finnish kivipuutarha
  • kivipuutarhasection of a garden made from decorative rocks
French rocaille
  • rocaillesection of a garden made from decorative rocks
German Steingarten
  • Steingartensection of a garden made from decorative rocks
Icelandic steinbeð
  • steinbeðsection of a garden made from decorative rocks
Irish creig-ghairdín, carragán
  • creig-ghairdínsection of a garden made from decorative rocks
  • carragánsection of a garden made from decorative rocks
Japanese ロック ガーデン, 石庭
  • ロック ガーデン (rokku gāden)section of a garden made from decorative rocks
  • 石庭 (sekitei)section of a garden made from decorative rocks
Norwegian Bokmål steinbed, fjellhage
  • steinbedsection of a garden made from decorative rocks
  • fjellhagesection of a garden made from decorative rocks
Polish skalniak
  • skalniaksection of a garden made from decorative rocks
Russian альпи́йская го́рка
  • альпи́йская го́рка (alʹpíjskaja górka)section of a garden made from decorative rocks
Spanish jardín de rocas, rocalla
  • jardín de rocassection of a garden made from decorative rocks
  • rocallasection of a garden made from decorative rocks

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Corkery
Cite this entry
APA

rockery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockery

MLA

“rockery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rockery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockery.

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