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lawn
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[lawn] 
–noun
| 1. | a stretch of open, grass-covered land, esp. one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park. |
| 2. | Archaic. a glade. |
Related forms:
lawny, adjective
lawn
2 [lawn] –noun
| a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed. |
Related forms:
lawny, adjective
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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.] |
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Lawn
Lawn\, n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place, llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.]1. An open space between woods. --Milton. "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows." --Tennyson. 2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. Lawn mower, a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns. Lawn tennis, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See Tennis.
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Language Translation for : lawn
Spanish:
césped,
German:
der Rasen,
Japanese:
芝生
lawn (1)
"turf, stretch of grass," 1548, laune "glade, open space between woods," from M.E. launde, from O.Fr. lande "heath, moor," from Gaul. (cf. Breton lann "heath"), or from its Gmc. cognate, source of Eng. land (q.v.). The -d perhaps mistaken for an affix and dropped. Sense of "mowed grassy ground" first recorded 1733; lawn mower dates from 1869.
lawn (2)
"thin linen or cotton cloth," 1416, from Laon, city in northern France, center of linen manufacture. The town name is O.Fr. Lan, from L. Laudunum, of Celtic origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: lawn
Pronunciation: 'lon, 'län
Function: noun
: a relatively even layer of bacteria covering the surface of a culture medium
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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| LAWN local area wireless network |
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