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View synonyms for lawn

lawn

1

[ lawn ]

noun

  1. a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
  2. Archaic. a glade.


lawn

2

[ lawn ]

noun

  1. a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed.

lawn

1

/ lɔːn /

noun

  1. a fine linen or cotton fabric, used for clothing


lawn

2

/ lɔːn /

noun

  1. a flat and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass
  2. See glade
    an archaic or dialect word for glade

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Derived Forms

  • ˈlawny, adjective
  • ˈlawny, adjective

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Other Words From

  • lawny adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lawn1

1250–1300; Middle English launde < Middle French lande glade < Celtic; compare Breton lann heath. See land

Origin of lawn2

1375–1425; late Middle English lawnd, laun, perhaps named after Laon, where linen-making once flourished

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lawn1

C15: probably from Laon, a town in France where linen was made

Origin of lawn2

C16: changed form of C14 launde, from Old French lande, of Celtic origin; compare Breton lann heath; related to land

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Example Sentences

He also got caught up in a neighborhood imbroglio when his neighbors in well-heeled Larchmont, New York, figured out who he was and what he had been doing and started lawn signing their neighborhood.

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Minute Media has managed to win some clients over the past few months, Routman said, including the charcoal brand Kingsford and the lawn care company Scotts.

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Farmers don’t need to irrigate as much, and the same goes for residents sprinkling their lawns.

On Thursday, more than 200 students and supporters gathered on the grassy, palm tree-lined lawn of San Diego Unified’s headquarters to demand school leaders defund the police and use the savings on education.

After the march, the crowd gathered back on the lawn to listen to speakers.

In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.

A yellow hazardous material bin placed out on the lawn, just beyond some red tape reading “Danger Do Not Enter,” left no doubt.

So say the Secret Service nabs him on the lawn, in plain sight of tourists with cameras.

On the porch, before I go, Peterson looks at me through the lens of a small digital camera before training it on his front lawn.

She was married with three kids and had settled into a tidy one-story house with a good sized lawn in Ferguson.

Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

She lit another cigarette, and for a few moments looked silently out of the window at the darkening woods beyond the lawn.

For he saw her looking up into his eyes as once before on the lawn of her English bungalow four months ago.

Nancy Watling deigned no reply to his farewell salutation, but walked indignantly across her moon-lighted lawn.

It had windows opening down to the lawn, and was full of pretty things, works and knick-knacks.

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