rock-garden

rock-gar·den

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Transcription

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

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

Definitions of rock-garden word

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

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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

noun

adjective

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adverb

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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 54% 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.