Lawnmower

Quick meaning: Lawnmower is a noun meaning A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

Meaning

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

More Meanings

1. A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.
2. (preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer mimics using a petrol lawn mower by pulling the starter cord and then pushing the mower forwards to the beat of the music.

Example Sentences

We hired a third lawnmower for the spring and summer.

We replaced our old electric lawnmower with a new cordless one.

Silence reigned, broken only by the hideous screeching of vultures and the sound of a lawn-mower being used in the hospital grounds.

here was an ordinary man out of the city directory that subscribes for magazines and pushes the lawnmower in his shirt-sleeves of evenings.

Word Forms

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