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or·chard    Audio Help   [awr-cherd] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
2.a group or collection of such trees.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME orch(i)ard, OE orceard; r. ortyard, ME ortyerd, OE ortigeard (cf. Goth aurtigards garden), equiv. to ort- (comb. form akin to wort2; later identified with L hortus garden) + geard yard2]
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or·chard    Audio Help   (ôr'chərd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
  2. The trees cultivated in such an area.


[Middle English, from Old English orceard, alteration of ortgeard : perhaps wyrt, wort, plant; see wort1 + geard, yard; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
orchard 
O.E. orceard "fruit garden," probably from wortgeard, from wort "vegetable, plant root" + geard "garden, yard" (the word also meant "vegetable garden" until 15c.), with first element infl. by L. hortus (in L.L. ortus) "garden," from PIE *ghor-to- "an enclosure," from base *gher- "to grasp, enclose" (see yard (1)).

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orchard

noun
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth [syn: grove

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
orchard [ˈoːtʃəd] noun
a garden or other area in which fruit trees are grown
Example: a cherry orchard
Arabic: بُسْتان فَواكِه
Chinese (Simplified): 果园
Chinese (Traditional): 果園
Czech: sad
Danish: frugthave; plantage
Dutch: boomgaard
Estonian: (puuvilja)aed
Finnish: hedelmätarha
French: verger
German: der Obstgarten
Greek: οπωρώνας, περιβόλι με οπωροφόρα
Hungarian: gyümölcsös(kert)
Icelandic: aldingarður
Indonesian: kebun buah
Italian: frutteto
Japanese: 果樹園
Korean: 과수원
Latvian: augļu dārzs
Lithuanian: sodas
Norwegian: frukthage
Polish: sad
Portuguese (Brazil): pomar
Portuguese (Portugal): pomar
Romanian: livadă
Russian: фруктовый сад
Slovak: sad
Slovenian: sadovnjak
Spanish: huerto
Swedish: fruktträdgård
Turkish: meyve bahçesi
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Orchard Lake, MI Zip code(s): 48323, 48324

Orchard Park, NY (village, FIPS 55266) Location: 42.76335 N, 78.74582 W
Population (1990): 3280 (1408 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14127

Orchard Hills, PA (CDP, FIPS 56960) Location: 40.59303 N, 79.54144 W
Population (1990): 2019 (883 housing units)
Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Orchard Homes, MT (CDP, FIPS 55675) Location: 46.85990 N, 114.06641 W
Population (1990): 10317 (4339 housing units)
Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Orchard Hill, GA (town, FIPS 58296) Location: 33.18673 N, 84.21146 W
Population (1990): 239 (81 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Orchard City, CO (town, FIPS 55980) Location: 38.81476 N, 107.96361 W
Population (1990): 2218 (995 housing units)
Area: 29.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Orchard Mesa, CO (CDP, FIPS 56035) Location: 39.03384 N, 108.52245 W
Population (1990): 5977 (2219 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Old Orchard Beac, ME Zip code(s): 04064

Old Orchard Beach, ME (CDP, FIPS 55120) Location: 43.52428 N, 70.38422 W
Population (1990): 7789 (5668 housing units)
Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)

Orchard Lake Village, MI (city, FIPS 61020) Location: 42.58240 N, 83.37747 W
Population (1990): 2286 (760 housing units)
Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water)

Orchard Grass Hills, KY (city, FIPS 58200) Location: 38.32469 N, 85.52338 W
Population (1990): 1058 (328 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Orchard, CO Zip code(s): 80649

Orchard, NE (village, FIPS 37210) Location: 42.33603 N, 98.24122 W
Population (1990): 439 (218 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68764

Orchard, IA (city, FIPS 59520) Location: 43.22702 N, 92.77437 W
Population (1990): 93 (38 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50460

Orchard, TX (town, FIPS 54192) Location: 29.60304 N, 95.96874 W
Population (1990): 373 (144 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Peach Orchard, AR (town, FIPS 54140) Location: 36.28094 N, 90.66193 W
Population (1990): 197 (102 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72453

Peach Orchard, GA Zip code(s): 30906

Crab Orchard, KY (city, FIPS 17956) Location: 37.46325 N, 84.50607 W
Population (1990): 825 (361 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40419

Indian Orchard, MA Zip code(s): 01151

Crab Orchard, WV (CDP, FIPS 18508) Location: 37.74059 N, 81.23140 W
Population (1990): 2919 (1178 housing units)
Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25827

Crab Orchard, TN (city, FIPS 17840) Location: 35.90960 N, 84.88208 W
Population (1990): 876 (420 housing units)
Area: 28.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37723

Crab Orchard, NE (village, FIPS 11055) Location: 40.33440 N, 96.42171 W
Population (1990): 47 (27 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68332

Old Orchard, PA (CDP, FIPS 56624) Location: 40.65779 N, 75.26260 W
Population (1990): 2598 (935 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Port Orchard, WA (city, FIPS 55785) Location: 47.52905 N, 122.64116 W
Population (1990): 4984 (2090 housing units)
Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)

East Port Orchard, WA (CDP, FIPS 19770) Location: 47.52119 N, 122.62384 W
Population (1990): 5409 (1866 housing units)
Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Orchard

Or"chard\, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.]

1. A garden. [Obs.]

2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.

Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass (Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay.

Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.

Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole (Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
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