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

Noun

Singular:
lawn
Plural:
lawns

Origin of 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, akin to Breton lann (“heath")"; Old Norse & Old English land

    From Wiktionary

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

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