lawn mower

or lawnmower

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noun
  1. a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.

Origin of lawn mower

1
First recorded in 1865–70

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How to use lawn mower in a sentence

  • Get behind that lawnmower, young man, if you don't want to be involved in a lawsuit.

  • Often, when it was not in use, I walked to the lawnmower and even laid my hand upon the tool-box.

    A Mind That Found Itself | Clifford Whittingham Beers
  • Janet found Patrick sharpening the lawnmower, ready for a days work.

    The Curlytops at Silver Lake | Howard Roger Garis

British Dictionary definitions for lawn mower

lawn mower

noun
  1. a hand-operated or power-operated machine with rotary blades for cutting grass on lawns

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