Rockwork

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A natural mass or pile of rocks.
  • n. Stonework imitating the irregular surface of natural rock.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Ornamental work done with rocks, as for example around a pond.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.
  • n. A rockery.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Stones fixed in mortar in imitation of the irregular surface of natural rocks, and arranged to form a mound, or constructed as a wall.
  • n. A rockery; a design formed of fragments of rocks or large stones in gardens or pleasure-grounds: often forming a kind of grotto.
  • n. A natural wall or mass of rock.
  • n. Rock-faced or quarry-faced masonry. See quarry-faced (with cut).
  • Word Usage
    "Opposite to you, is a giant figure carved in stone, reclining, with an urn, upon a lofty piece of artificial rockwork; and out of the urn, dangles the fag end of a leaden pipe, which, once upon a time, poured a small torrent down the rocks."
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