rock garden

rock gar·den

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rok gahr-dn]
- /rɒk ˈgɑr dn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rok gahr-dn]
- /rɒk ˈgɑr dn/

Definitions of rock garden words

noun rock garden a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants. 1
noun rock garden a garden decorated with rocks, usually a wide variety of interestingly shaped, multicolored rocks, especially quartz. 1
noun rock garden rockery 1
countable noun rock garden A rock garden is a garden which consists of rocks with small plants growing among them. 0
noun rock garden a garden featuring rocks or rockeries 0
noun rock garden a garden with flowers and plants growing on rocky ground or among rocks variously arranged 0

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Origin of rock garden

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Rock garden

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rock garden popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for rock garden

noun rock garden

garden — Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.

Just one Synonym for rock garden