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lawn

noun

Definition of lawn

as in grass

an area of ground (such as the ground around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with short grass We had a picnic on the lawn in front of the monument. a neighborhood with well-kept lawns

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Recent Examples of lawn Games like cornhole, ringer darts and Kubb — a lawn game involving teams tossing wooden blocks to knock over their opponents’ blocks — were set up on small turf patches. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026 The hypnotizing corduroy stripes of curling blue waves visible from the resort’s expansive green clifftop lawn en route to a private staircase that leads straight to the surf—and a guest-only beach deck, too. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 Outside, the grounds include lawns, meadows, and a kitchen garden that supplies vegetables and cut flowers. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 As trees shed their leaves, people drag out rakes, leaf blowers and lawn bags to strip their yards bare before winter arrives. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lawn

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grass

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But if the urge to work up a sweat arises, there’s a heated outdoor swimming pool and a full-size grass tennis court.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Others still have the highway fences and are not cutting the grass and weeds growing up around the fence.

— Lynn Kutter, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

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