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- [gahr-dn]
- /ˈgɑr dn/
- /ˈɡɑːdn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gahr-dn]
- /ˈgɑr dn/
Definitions of garden word
- noun garden Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland. 1
- noun garden Mary, 1877–1967, U.S. soprano. 1
- adjective garden pertaining to, produced in, or suitable for cultivation or use in a garden: fresh garden vegetables; garden furniture. 1
- abbreviation GARDEN garden-variety. 1
- verb without object garden to lay out, cultivate, or tend a garden. 1
- verb with object garden to cultivate as a garden. 1
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Origin of garden
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English gardin < Old North French gardin, Old French jardin < Germanic; compare Old High German gartin-, German Garten, yard2
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Parts of speech for Garden
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
garden popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
garden usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for garden
noun garden
- bed — A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for 'Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE.
- field — Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
- nursery — a room or place set apart for young children.
- terrace — a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- patio — an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
verb garden
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- tend — to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
- weed — Thurlow [thur-loh] /ˈθɜr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
adjective garden
- nowhere — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- uninspiring — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
adverb garden
- outdoor — Also, outdoors. characteristic of, located, occurring, or belonging outdoors: an outdoor barbecue; outdoor sports.
- hilltop — the top or summit of a hill.
- out-of-doors — Also, out-of-door. outdoor.
Top questions with garden
- where is the garden of eden?
- what time does olive garden close?
- how to start a garden?
- how to build a raised garden bed?
- where is the nearest olive garden?
- how to make a fairy garden?
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