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The definition of a lawn is an area of short, mowed grass that is generally found in a park or around a home.

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The grass in the front yard of your house is an example of a lawn.

See lawn in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

land covered with grass kept closely mowed, esp. in front of or around a house
the grass itself: to mow the lawn
Archaic an open space in a forest; glade

Origin: ME launde < OFr, heath < Bret lann, heath, country: see land

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lawny adjective

noun

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

Origin: ME lawne, for laune lynen, Laon linen, after Laon, city in France, where made

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lawny adjective

See lawn in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A plot of grass, usually tended or mowed, as one around a residence or in a park or estate.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Middle English launde, glade

Origin: , from Old French, heath, pasture, wooded area; see lendh- in Indo-European roots

noun

A light cotton or linen fabric of very fine weave.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English laun

Origin: , after Laon, a city of northern France

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