# rockpicking

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Reducing the stoniness of farm fields by picking out the rocks. A task performed periodically, not a vocation.
2. Cleaning out the rocks during ore dressing. Done by a person, machine, or machine component.

## Etymology
From rock + pick + -ing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rockpicking