Garden
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Garden is a noun meaning An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
Meaning
An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
More Meanings
- (British, Ireland, Appalachia, New York City) The grounds at the front or back of a house.
- (in the plural, used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.
- (cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.
- (figuratively) A cluster; a bunch.
- (intransitive) To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
- (slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
Example Sentences
a flower garden
a vegetable garden
32 Windsor Gardens.
Our garden is overgrown with weeds.
Word Forms
- gardens
- gardening
- gardened
Synonyms for garden
Depending on context, synonyms include park, yard, farm.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include horticulture, landscaping, orchard, lawn, jardin, bbq.
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