Lawn Definition

lôn

lawns

noun

Land covered with grass kept closely mowed, esp. in front of or around a house.

Webster's New World

The grass itself.

To mow the lawn.

Webster's New World

An open space in a forest; glade.

Webster's New World

A fine, sheer cloth of linen or cotton, used for blouses, curtains, etc.

Webster's New World

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

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pronoun

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.

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A town in Texas.

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An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

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Other Word Forms of Lawn

Singular:

lawn

Plural:

lawns

Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area"), alteration of laund (“glade"), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor") of Germanic or Gaulish origin, akin to Breton lann (“heath")"; Old Norse & Old English land

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Alteration of Middle English launde glade from Old French heath, pasture, wooded area lendh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English laun after Laon , a city of northern France

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Apparently from Laon, a town in France known for its linen manufacturing.

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