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lawn.

Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɔːn/Received-Pronunciation/loːn/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/lɔn//lɑn/cot-caught-merger

  1. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

    countable · uncountable

  2. An open space between woods.

    England · countable · historical · regional · uncountable

  3. An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landąder.? Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-der. Proto-Celtic *landāder.? Vulgar Latin *landa? Old French landebor. Middle English launde English laund English laune English lawn 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, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.

verb/lɔːn/Received-Pronunciation/loːn/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/lɔn//lɑn/cot-caught-merger

  1. To furnish with a lawn.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landąder.? Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-der. Proto-Celtic *landāder.? Vulgar Latin *landa? Old French landebor. Middle English launde English laund English laune English lawn 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, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.

noun/lɔːn/Received-Pronunciation/loːn/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/lɔn//lɑn/cot-caught-merger

  1. A type of thin linen or cotton fabric tightly woven of fine threads. (Traditionally expensive and luxurious in centuries past.)

    uncountable

  2. Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.

    countable · in-plural · uncountable

  3. A piece of clothing made from lawn.

    countable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Apparently from Laon, a French town known for its linen manufacturing, from Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, a Celtic name cognate with Lugdunum.

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