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lawn

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lawn 1  (lôn)
n.
A plot of grass, usually tended or mowed, as one around a residence or in a park or estate.

[Alteration of Middle English launde, glade, from Old French, heath, pasture, wooded area; see lendh- in Indo-European roots.]

lawn 2  (lôn)
n.
A light cotton or linen fabric of very fine weave.

[Middle English laun, after Laon, a city of northern France.]

lawn1
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) a flat and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an archaic or dialect word for glade
[changed form of C14 launde, from Old French lande, of Celtic origin; compare Breton lann heath; related to land]
lawny  adj

lawn2
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fine linen or cotton fabric, used for clothing
[probably from Laon, a town in France where linen was made]
lawny  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lawnlawn - a field of cultivated and mowed grass
field - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
Translations
lawn1 [lɔːn]
A. Ncésped m, pasto m (LAm)
B. CPD lawn tennis Ntenis m sobre hierba

lawn2 [lɔːn] N (= cloth) → linón m

lawn [ˈlɔːn] npelouse f

lawn:
lawn chair
nLiegestuhl m
lawn mower
nRasenmäher m
lawn party
n (US) → Gartenfest nt, → Gartenparty f; (for charity) → Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung fim Freien
lawn tennis
nRasentennis nt

lawn1
n (= grass)Rasen m no pl; the lawns in front of the housesder Rasen vor den Häusern

lawn2
n (Tex) → Batist m, → Linon m

lawn1 [lɔːn] nprato all'inglese
lawn1 [lɔːn] nprato all'inglese
lawn2 [lɔːn] n (fabric) → batista
lawn2 [lɔːn] n (fabric) → batista

lawn
n lawn [loːn]
an area of smooth, short grass, especially as part of a garden He is mowing the lawn. grasperk مَخْضَرَه ливада trávník græsplæne der Rasen χλόη, γρασίδι césped muru محوطه چمن nurmikko pelouse מִדשָׁאָה लॉन, दूर्वाक्षेत्र tratina pázsit lapangan rumput grasflöt prato 芝生 잔디밭 pievelė, veja mauriņš; zāliens halaman rumput gazon plen trawnik relvado peluză газон trávnik trata travnjak gräsmatta สนามหญ้า çimen 草坪 газон, лужок سبزہ زار bãi cỏ

lawn مرج trávník græsplæne Rasen γρασίδι césped nurmikko pelouse travnjak prato 芝生 잔디밭 gazon gressplen trawnik gramado, relvado лужайка gräsmatta สนามหญ้า çim alan bãi cỏ 草坪


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The small bright lawn stretched away smoothly to the big bright sea.
From the lawn beyond the garden came the distant clacketty sound of the mowing machine.
From time to time she looks out into the garden, and sees the white-robed figure of a young girl pacing slowly to and fro in the soft brightness of the moonlight on the lawn.
 
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