lawnlawn /lɔːn $ lɒːn/ ●●● S2 noun 
I spent all morning mowing the lawn (=cutting the grass). a carefully tended lawn2[uncountable] a fine cloth made from cotton or linen
WORD ORIGINlawn
Origin:
1 1500-1600 Old French launde ‘open space between woods’2 1400-1500 Laon, town in northern France where such cloth was madeEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Breaking up the concrete driveway came next to make way for lawns, borders and a pond.
- Gravel is a good substitute for a lawn, especially in a very small garden.
- Now I dropped my jacket on to the lawn and fell atop it.
- Out front, stuck in the lawn by the walk, was a sign announcing that he took passport photos.
- Seating is free for those wishing to bring their own blankets or lawn chairs.
- This behaviour should not be encouraged, because it can cause damage to the lawn or plants.
- Well recommended food. 2.5 acres of terraced lawns with 25 metre heated outdoor pool.
- Women came out of their houses to turn on lawn sprinklers, soaking the marchers as they walked by.
THESAURUSareas and structures in a garden
[countable] an area of short grass in a garden: · They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.
[countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers: · The flowerbeds were well maintained.
[countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them
[countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another: · a beech hedge
[countable] (also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables
[countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outside
[uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit
[countable] a small area of water in a garden
[countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive: ·
[countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather: ·
[countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things
work you do in a garden to cut grass using a machine: · I need to mow the lawn.
to make a hedge look neater by cutting small pieces off it: · Hedges need to be trimmed regularly in summer.
to cut pieces off a bush in order to make it grow better: · March is the ideal time for pruning roses.
to remove unwanted plants: · Dad was doing some weeding.
to put seeds in the ground: · The children had been sowing sunflower seeds.
to put a plant or tree in the ground so that it will grow: · They’d planted a row of cherry trees.
to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plant: · When deadheading roses, make sure you use sharp pruning scissors.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I spent all morning mowing the lawn (=cutting the grass).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It’s time to mow the lawn again.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable, uncountable] an area of ground in a garden or park that is covered with short grass: I spent all morning mowing the lawn (=cutting the grass). It’s time to mow the lawn again.· He finishes at the front and brings the machine round to the back lawn where my sister is having her picnic.· A red-hot finger of lava was slowly advancing toward the house, lapping the edge of the back lawn.· Off in the distance on the back lawns fires had been lit which the audience were moshing around.· Mr Copley, robed in cassock and billowing surplice, was impatiently pacing the back lawn seeming oblivious to their presence.
· Julie ambled happily down the long immaculate front lawn, bordered on each side by miniature fruit trees.· Outside, on the front lawn hoisted atop a wooden flagpole, an eternal blank check waves bravely in the breeze.· Not much to look at, because the front lawn and the drive to the Manor were a shambles.· It too had its imposing front lawn and luxurious emptiness.· The long grass of the front lawns was luminous with golden bars of sunlight.· They were tearing up the playgrounds and tearing up the front lawns and the porches.· It's claimed the officers left these tyre marks on the front lawn ... and this typewritten note.· Nor could he be left alone anymore in the late afternoons when he insisted on watering the front lawn.
· Palms loomed over cypresses and poinsettias, and brown men in straw hats trimmed the miles of green lawns.· Through the hydraulic doors, I could see the lush green lawn that stretched languidly across an immense parking lot.· Summertime Peter glided easily to a gentle landing on the lush green lawn outside the ranch house.· He wanted to find himself standing, without having moved, in the fresh air on the green lawn outside.· And the northernmost town has several sprawling communities dotted with golf courses and street after street of lush, green lawns.· Of the species whose vegetative propagation is rapid, the small plants forming a green lawn over the bottom prove most useful.· Families, houses, and green lawns that had to be mowed in summer and raked in the fall.· This delightful eating and drinking establishment serves wonderful meals outside on a back deck surrounded lush green lawns and towering trees.
· With him were his brother Mohibullah, Mehboob and their various children, all playing on the large lawn.· Ivy draped the whole frontage of the building and mingled with the moss of the large dilapidated lawn.· A special attraction is the swimming pool, with sliding windows opening on to a large lawn.· Facing a large lawn was yet another open-air theatre where acrobats performed.· The hotel features a pleasant swimming pool with sun terrace, lounge chairs and large lawns for sunbathing.
· A gravel drive swept between manicured lawns to the portico of the imposing Edwardian house.
· Trestle tables had been arranged in a square and covered with white lawn sheets.· The power was on self-congratulatory display Wednesday night on the White House south lawn.· The president had begun his day by planting a 6-foot-tall dogwood on the White House lawn in honor of Brown.· It would have a better chance of finding revenue by digging for pirate treasure on the White House lawn.
· It sits amid wide lawns and giant cedar trees high above the eastern banks of the wide and winding River Dart.· We passed one mansion with its own swimming pool and wide lawns, which cost £30,000 to build in 1965.· She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees.· The adventurer looked about him, and saw a wide beautiful lawn on which many people stood around the Emperor.
NOUN· All performances are free, with attendees encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets.· Rob said, rocking back in his philosophic lawn chair.· In the patio, all four of us are draped over lawn chairs reading.· Food and beverages will be available, and lawn chairs or a blanket are recommended for comfortable viewing.· Clean up the lawn chairs and set aside the evenings of April 3 and Sept. 26.· I peek inside the shed and there, stacked like lawn chairs, are three more caribou stiffs.· Bring a lawn chair or beach chair for comfortable seating, and leave the alcoholic beverages at home.· Seating is free for those wishing to bring their own blankets or lawn chairs.
· For a minute he watched her at work out back, sweeping twigs from the iron lawn furniture.· They all chose the heavy wrought-iron lawn furniture painted blinding white.
· The president had begun his day by planting a 6-foot-tall dogwood on the White House lawn in honor of Brown.· It would have a better chance of finding revenue by digging for pirate treasure on the White House lawn.
· I even bought a lawn mower.· At 95 decibels, about the sound level of a lawn mower, workers are allowed four hours' exposure.· A lawn mower droned a few houses down.· I found it thus: I had never ridden a lawn mower before.· Ground-nesting birds are sometimes run over by lawn mowers.· His dad can stand her for about five minutes, then he goes out and starts up the lawn mower.· Less money to spend means that fewer people will buy lawn mowers or take the family out to eat.· It is not about outdoor barbecues and lawn mowers.
· The lawn sprinklers had been switched on and from time to time the breeze blew a gust of spray in their faces.· Women came out of their houses to turn on lawn sprinklers, soaking the marchers as they walked by.· Remembering that what we were experiencing was meant to be enjoyable left our wits spinning like a lawn sprinkler.· To return to the analogy of the lawn sprinkler and the rainstorm, both can explain how the driveway got wet.· There was a movie theater playing True Grit and a plywood chapel with lawn sprinklers around it.
· Without glasses she couldn't even begin to play lawn tennis or aim a rifle.
VERB· If yours is still being mended, borrow your neighbour's mower and cut the lawn.· She stepped off to the side, then, turning, cut quickly across the lawn.· It is not difficult to construct your own labyrinth, either in stones or cut into your lawn.· A silvery thread of water cut through the forest lawn, a gambolling secret between high narrow banks.
· The land has also been laid to lawn.· Their shade lay across road and lawn.
· If grass could scream, would you still mow the lawn?· Twelve-year-old Jeff has decided to earn some money by mowing neighbors' lawns.· Amanda beamed - now George had no excuse for not mowing the lawn.· Are they coming to mow the lawn or to liberate the hostages with rakes, clippers and blowers?· Four people were killed when mowing their lawn with an electric mower.· He had jobs on the Cape, mowing lawns, doing gardening work, staying with friends of ours.· Though he had always hated mowing the lawns he liked the garden, too.· It stated that the good brothers would go so far as to mow his lawn should he stay.
· I remember ow indefatigably he mowed the lawn, even on a hot summer's day.· Every Saturday morning - weather permitting - he mowed the lawn.
· It was a small community, very snooty, of large detached houses set in lawns and trees.
· Lewis stood on the front lawn, looking up at the bedroom windows.· I stand on a lawn across the street, watching the fuchsia flames licking the sky.· Jack and I stood on the lawn and watched the grooming of the landscape.· I stood on the lawn, naked and violent.· He stood watering a whole lawn, which itself must have ceased to exist in the long interim since yesterday.
· After the service Jed saw Carol walking across the lawn in front of the cathedral.· Outside, a fair, willowy girl and a heavy-set woman in white were walking across the lawn.
I spent all morning mowing the lawn (=cutting the grass). a carefully tended lawn2[uncountable] a fine cloth made from cotton or linen