garden

UK /ˈɡɑːd(ə)n/ US /ˈɡɑɹd(ə)n/

noun 5verb 3name 2adj 1

Definitions

noun

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

a vegetable garden

a flower garden

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

a garden party

a garden path

The grounds at the front or back of a house.

This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden.

We were drinking lemonade and playing croquet in the garden.

A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.

32 Windsor Gardens.

verb

To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.

I love to garden—this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.

Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.

To smoke marijuana.

adj

Common, ordinary, domesticated.

In that case, the thing was mere plain or garden robbery.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

beautiful, lovely, pretty

big, large

small, tiny

back, front

My neighbors planted vegetables in their back garden last spring.

flower, herb, kitchen, rose, vegetable

My grandmother grows her own herbs in a small herb garden behind the house.

rock, water

She spent the afternoon designing a water garden for the back of her house.

botanical, cottage, formal, landscaped, public, town, walled

She spent the afternoon exploring the botanical garden near the museum.

VERB + GARDEN

create, design, lay out, plan, plant

My parents decided to lay out the garden with a vegetable patch and flower beds.

plant

My parents planted a vegetable garden in their backyard last spring.

dig, do, tend, tidy (up), weed

My mother tends the garden every morning before it gets too hot.

GARDEN + NOUN

flower, plant

pest

Slugs and snails are two of the most troublesome garden pests that eat vegetables.

tools

gate, path, shed, wall

furniture, seat

centre

My mother buys all her flowers and tools from the garden centre near her house.

PREP

in/into a/the ~

My children love to play in the garden on sunny afternoons.

PHRASES

the bottom/end of a garden

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

rose garden

A garden devoted primarily to roses.

garden variety

Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.

I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids.

common or garden variety

An ordinary, standard kind.

lady garden

A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.

Talking of Pussy Galore, have people seen the pics of Britney Spears showing her lady garden?

lead someone up the garden path

To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.

"You're a pair of conspiring females," he growled. "A fine couple of contriving minxes! You've even led my Peterkin up the garden path."

Example Bank

a vegetable garden

Wiktionary

a flower garden

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I love to garden—this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.

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In that case, the thing was mere plain or garden robbery.

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Her garden is a work of art.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, garden is marked as slang, obsolete, British, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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