lawn mower
or lawnmower
a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.
Origin of lawn mower
1- Also called mower.
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How to use lawn mower in a sentence
Then he just gave up on it—and the lawnmower mowed the lawn by itself.
How ‘Transcendence’ Director Wally Pfister Became Christopher Nolan’s Secret Weapon | Andrew Romano | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRudimentary drones—unarmed in those days—flew overhead, with one particular model buzzing like a flying lawnmower.
Iraq War 10th Anniversary: The Iraqi Highway Patrolman | John Kael Weston | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe lawnmower… was a way to pull the plug on the expectations and turn everything back to normal.
"Grass awready cut roun' back," responded the amiable voice of Genesis, while the lawnmower ceased not to whir.
Seventeen | Booth TarkingtonIt needs little attention from the lawnmower, but makes a thick, velvety carpet.
Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie | Alice B. Emerson
Get behind that lawnmower, young man, if you don't want to be involved in a lawsuit.
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreOften, 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 BeersJanet found Patrick sharpening the lawnmower, ready for a days work.
The Curlytops at Silver Lake | Howard Roger Garis
British Dictionary definitions for lawn mower
a hand-operated or power-operated machine with rotary blades for cutting grass on lawns
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