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rock art

rock art noun: traditional artwork of indigenous Australians, including paintings, drawings, engravings, stencils, bas-relief carvings, and beeswax figures, located in rock shelters and caves.

Noun

rock art (usually uncountable, plural rock arts)

  1. (usually) Traditional artwork of indigenous Australians, including paintings, drawings, engravings, stencils, bas-relief carvings, and beeswax figures, located in rock shelters and caves.

Forms of rock art

pluralrock arts

Questions about rock art

What does rock art mean?
Rock art means traditional artwork of indigenous Australians, including paintings, drawings, engravings, stencils, bas-relief carvings, and beeswax figures, located in rock shelters and caves.
What part of speech is rock art?
Rock art is a noun.
What is the plural of rock art?
The plural of rock art is rock arts.

Words near rock art in the dictionary

  1. rock and rolling
  2. rock and rolls
  3. rock and rye
  4. rock armour
  5. rock armours
  6. rock art
  7. rock arts
  8. rock badger
  9. rock badgers
  10. rock band
  11. rock bands

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