lawn

noun

Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

(uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.

(in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.

(biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.

A town in Texas, United States.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States.

An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.

(England, historical or regional) An open space between woods.

(countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.

verb

(transitive) To furnish with a lawn.

Synonyms for lawn

grassplot greenswardn turfn swardn sodn parkn

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