lawn
(noun) a field of cultivated and mowed grass
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lawn
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States.
A town in Texas, United States.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
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lawn (countable and uncountable, plural lawns)
An open space between woods.
Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
(biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
lawn (countable and uncountable, plural lawns)
(uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
(in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
(countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.
• WLAN, nawl
Source: Wiktionary
Lawn, n. Etym: [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place, llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.]
1. An open space between woods. Milton. "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows." Tennyson.
2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. Lawn mower, a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns.
– Lawn tennis, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See Tennis.
Lawn, n. Etym: [Earlier laune lynen, i. e., lawn linen; prob. from the town Laon in France.]
Definition: A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself. A saint in crape is twice in lawn. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
