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lawn1 definition

lawn (lôn)

noun

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

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

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lawn2 definition

lawn (lôn)

noun

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

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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