orchard
or·chard (ôr′c̸hərd)
noun
- an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees or nut trees
- such a stand of trees
Etymology: ME < OE ortgeard < VL *orto, for L hortus, a garden (see horticulture) + OE geard, yard
orchard
n.
Converse of object
- overlook: Many of it's executive styled offices overlook the apple orchard.
- cultivate: This means that it is certain that cultivated apple orchards existed at least 3000 years ago.
- restore: Restore the farm orchard to maintain it as an important landscape feature and cultural / educational resource.
Converse of subject
- surround: The village is a surprise, too, tucked under a lone hill, with an unusual church surrounded by orchards.
Adjective modifier
- citrus: The damage was serious in a 50 hectare citrus orchard in Antalya, with a disease incidence of nearly 100 % .
- cherry: Narrow straights through cherry orchards are broken up by tight bends cut through rock.
- plum: Disease was observed in almost all plum orchards in the region on leaves but not on fruit or twigs.
- olive: From the walls the vineyards & olive orchards of the estate slant away toward the valley.
- adjoining: The house stand in tis own gardens together with the adjoining orchard and paddock.
- lush: The Lover's footsteps take him to a lush orchard enclosed by a high wall.
Modifies a noun
- soil: Within the smaller interventions, some features appeared to belong to Period 8B since they were directly overlain by orchard soils.
- fruit: Just wash and chop whatever combination of orchard fruit you please VERY roughly.
- tree: Thin gray hairs stood on her wrinkled chin, and the hair on her head was like the moss of old orchard trees.
Noun used with modifier
- apple: There's a council run apple orchard somewhere near Plymouth, built to be a bank of the English apples.
- cider: However, some of the fields show past use as cider orchards by the presence of gnarled Somerset varieties of apple trees.
- mango: The use of these blocks in mango orchards was shown to reduce losses from 20 % to zero.
- pear: There were a number of apple and pear orchards on the farm which were falling into decline.
- fruit: BBC, 3. January 2003 English fruit orchards continue to be destroyed at a record rate.
- seed: Phenological and isozyme studies have been used to compare levels of genetic diversity and mating patterns within seed orchards and living fence lines.
Preposition: of
- apple: The famous Limousin cows graze in the fields, and there are orchards of apples and walnuts to be found.
I am going a long way With these thou se'stöif indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)ö To the island-valley of Avilion; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crowed with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Then hath thy orchard fruit, thy garden flowers, Fresh as the air, and new as are the hours. The early cherry, with the later plum, Fig, grape, and quince, each in his time doth come: The blushing apricot, and woolly peach Hang on thy walls, that every child may reach.
Some keep the Sabbath going to Churchö I keep it, staying at Homeö With a Bobolink for a Choristerö And an Orchard, for a Domeö
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