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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)

  1. A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
  2. 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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scrubland

English

Etymology

scrub +? land

Noun

scrubland (countable and uncountable, plural scrublands)

  1. A plant community characterized by scrub vegetation, consisting of low shrubs, mixed with grasses, herbs, and geophytes.
    The scrubland I'd be crossing looked desolate, but at least it wasn't a desert.

Synonyms

  • heathland

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