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knot garden in British English

noun
(esp formerly) a formal garden of intricate design

knot garden in American English

noun
an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths
Word origin
[1510–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1510–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dispatch, regression, roughcast, toleration, torpedo

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Examples of 'knot garden' in a sentence
knot garden

Outside are spacious grounds including a medieval knot garden and a river.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A second man shears the intricate knot garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The knot garden seems rather fitting for this old romantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Beside it is a knot garden, filled with herbs; beyond stands a rose-covered pergola.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The knot garden is another element with longevity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The gardens include an ornate pergola, sunken knot garden with box hedging and a lake.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There's a sunken garden, a water meadow, a knot garden, a wild flower meadow, walled garden and yew terrace.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To the rear of the house is a spacious garden with a well-kempt knot garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The 18th-century mansion has extravagant topiary, a knot garden, a croquet lawn, even a giant chess board - all that was lacking was the gurning moggie.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Often, however, it is overlooked from upstairs windows and can be a perfect place for a small knot garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
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