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meadow
English
Etymology
From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English m?dwe, inflected form of m?d (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *m?dw? (compare West Frisian miede, dialectal Dutch made, dialectal German Matte (“mountain pasture”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?met- (“to mow, reap”) (compare Welsh medi, Latin metere, Ancient Greek ?????? (ám?tos, “reaping”)), enlargement of *h?meh?-. More at mow.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?d??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?do?/
- Rhymes: -?d??
- Hyphenation: mead?ow
Noun
meadow (plural meadows)
- A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
- Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.
Synonyms
- lea/leigh
Derived terms
Translations
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moorland
English
Etymology
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor +? land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
Noun
moorland (countable and uncountable, plural moorlands)
- Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Synonyms
- moor
Hypernyms
- land
Derived terms
- Staffordshire Moorlands
Translations
References
- moorland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Romoland
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