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Definition of 'lawn'Etymology 1
Early Modern English "; Old Norse & Old English land
Noun
An open space between woods.
Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
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(lb) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
Derived terms
* lawn mower
* lawned
Etymology 2
Apparently from (Laon) , a town in France known for its linen manufacturing.
Noun
(uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), Dracula :
- The stream had trickled over her chin and stained the purity of her lawn death robe.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 144:
- He looked through the glass at the fire, set it down on the end of the desk and wiped his lips with a sheer lawn handkerchief.
(in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
(countable|obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.
* 1910 , Margaret Hill McCarter, The Price of the Prairie :
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Similar to 'lawn'lean, lain, loan, lion, loin, lien, lyn, limn, loon, lin, layn, lown, luan, lauan, lyon, loun, layin
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