lawn
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lawn1
▶noun an area of mown grass in a garden or park.
– derivatives
lawned adjective.
lawned adjective.
– origin C16: alt. of dial. laund ‘glade, pasture’, from OFr. launde ‘wooded district, heath’, of Celtic origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lawn2
▶noun a fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes.
– derivatives
lawny adjective.
lawny adjective.
– origin ME: prob. from Laon, the name of a city in France important for linen manufacture.
'lawn' also found in these Oxford entries:
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- clock golf
- croquet
- garden party
- Kikuyu
- lawn bowling
- lawnmower
- lawn tennis
- LTA
- manicure
- scarify
- thatch
- top dressing
