gardennoun
uk/ˈɡɑː.dən/us/ˈɡɑːr.dən/A1 [ C ] UK US yard a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area of grass:
garden tools/furniture
a garden shed
The house has a large back garden, and a small front garden.
The children were playing in the garden.
US a piece of land, usually in a yard next to a house, where you grow flowers and vegetables:
a vegetable/flower garden
C1 [ C usually plural ] a public park with flowers, plants, and places to sit:
the Botanical Gardens
More examples
- We had tea, and afterwards we sat in the garden for a while.
- They've enlarged the kitchen by building over part of the garden.
- Keeping a garden tidy is a full-time job.
- A narrow band of grass separated the greenhouse from the vegetable garden.
- Council employees are responsible for the upkeep of the gardens.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Gardens & yards
- allotment
- arboretum
- backyard
- barnyard
- boatyard
- cloister
- cloistered
- compound
- court
- courtyard
- farmyard
- forecourt
- formal
- formally
- ground
- junkyard
- precinct
- quad
- roof garden
- yard
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Gardening - general words