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rockwork

American  
[rok-wurk] / ˈrɒkˌwɜrk /

noun

  1. stonework.


Etymology

Origin of rockwork

First recorded in 1700–10; rock 1 + work

Example Sentences

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While the rooms are meticulously detailed — carved rockwork, projections, trick weapons and filmed moments all intermingle with live actors — each participant only has about 10 seconds to take in the scene.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2024

Notable design elements include lighting designed to mimic seaweed and some choral reef rockwork.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2024

Surrounded by 6,000 square feet of rockwork, a giant waterfall and lush jungle vegetation, Jurassic World VelociCoaster catapults guests along 4,700 feet of pulse-pounding track, 155 feet in the air at 70 mph.

From Fox News Aug. 16, 2021

Nierembergia.—N. rivularis, 4 in., from La Plata, has slender, creeping, rooting stems, bearing stalked ovate leaves, and large funnel-shaped white flowers, with a remarkably long slender tube; especially adapted for rockwork, requiring moist sandy loam.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

Neat-growing, succulent plants, forming rosettes of fleshy leaves close to the ground, and rapidly increasing by runner-like offsets; they are well adapted for rockwork, and do best in sandy soil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

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