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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

Well adapted for rockwork or banks of sandy soil.

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

Astragalus.—Showy pea-flowered plants, the smaller species adapted for rockwork; sandy soil.

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