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Word: Lawn
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: alteration of dialect laund ‘glade, pasture’, from Old French launde ‘wooded district, heath’, of Celtic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lɔːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an area of short, regularly mown grass in the garden of a house or park
Short Definition:area of short, regularly mown grass in garden of house or park
Examples:- she was sitting in a deckchair on the lawn
- a croquet lawn
- a patch of lawn
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