noun

lawn

lawn

He is mowing the lawn.

He is mowing the lawn.

We had a picnic on the lawn.

We had a picnic on the lawn.

a lawn an area of short, mown grass in a garden or park. He is mowing the lawn.

on the lawn used to describe location. We had a picnic on the lawn.

Synonyms: grass, turf, green

From Old French 'launde', meaning 'heath, moor, clearing in a wood'. The sense shifted to 'stretch of mown turf'.

Picture a 'long' stretch of green grass that needs mowing. 'Lawn' sounds a bit like 'long'.

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