LAWN

lawn

(noun) a field of cultivated and mowed grass

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

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.

Anagrams

• WLAN, nawl

Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• WLAN, nawl

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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