lawn
Meaning
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- An open space between woods.
- Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
- An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
Synonyms
grass-plot
grass plot
grassplot
play ground
garden patch
small ground
green grass
grassy place
open space
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɔːn/
Etymology
Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.
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