lawn /lɔːn $ lɒːn/
noun[
Sense 1: Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Old French;
Origin: launde 'open space between woods']
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Sense 2: Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Laon, town in northern France where such cloth was made]
1. [uncountable and countable] an area of ground in a garden or park that is covered with short grass:
I spent all morning mowing the lawn (=cutting the grass). a carefully tended lawn2. [uncountable] a fine cloth made from cotton or
linen [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
lawn [countable] an area of short grass in a garden:
They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.flowerbed [countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers:
The flowerbeds were well maintained.rockery [countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them
hedge [countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another:
a beech hedgevegetable patch/plot [countable] (
also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables
patio [countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outside
decking [uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit
pond [countable] a small area of water in a garden
water feature [countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive
greenhouse [countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather
shed [countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things
cut the grass/mow the lawn to cut grass using a machine:
I need to mow the lawn.trim a hedge to make a hedge look neater by cutting small pieces off it:
Hedges need to be trimmed regularly in summer.cut back/prune shrubs to cut pieces off a bush in order to make it grow better:
March is the ideal time for pruning roses.weed the flowerbeds/do some weeding to remove unwanted plants:
Dad was doing some weeding.sow seeds to put seeds in the ground:
The children had been sowing sunflower seeds.plant a plant/tree to put a plant or tree in the ground so that it will grow:
They’d planted a row of cherry trees.deadhead plants to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plant:
When deadheading roses, make sure you use sharp pruning scissors. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
lawn [countable] an area of short grass in a garden:
They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.flowerbed [countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers:
The flowerbeds were well maintained.rockery [countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them
hedge [countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another:
a beech hedgevegetable patch/plot [countable] (
also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables
patio [countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outside
decking [uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit
pond [countable] a small area of water in a garden
water feature [countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive
greenhouse [countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather
shed [countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things
shed jobs/workers/staff etc The bank continued to shed workers.shed weight (=lose weight from your body) Doing exercise is the best way to shed surplus weight.shed pounds/kilos (=to lose this amount of weight) I needed to shed a few pounds.shed an image (=change people's opinion about someone or something) Has the industry finally shed its negative image?shed your inhibitions (=stop worrying about what other people will think of your behaviour) As the party went on, people began to shed their inhibitions. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲