ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Grass-grown

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Grass-grown is an adjective meaning Covered with or overgrown with grass.

Meaning

Covered with or overgrown with grass.

Example Sentences

[...] Camerton Colliery has closed down and the railway sidings here are empty and grass-grown; [...].
There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes.
Then came the Great War, the Irish troubles, and the diversion of most of the American traffic to Southampton; the new construction was promptly dropped, and only grass-grown earthworks and cuttings now remain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grassed, grassy, turfed, swarded, herbaged, begrassed.

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