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meadow

/ˈmɛd.oʊ̯/noun2 syllables

Meadow means: a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay.

Synonyms for meadow5

noun, as in a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

hayfield

also used for meadow

mead, lea, ley, leigh

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What does meadow mean?1

noun

1

a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Meadow in a sentence

  • The children laughed and played in the meadow, chasing after butterflies.kleberlucas
  • The children frolic in the meadow, chasing butterflies.rul
  • I drove back there with the people, over the meadow into the grain.human600
  • A bull, a cow and a calf are grazing in the meadow.AlanF_US
  • A meadow yields grass, with flowers and herbs, which being cut, make hay.jimkillock
  • There's a small mountain tarn, surrounded by alpine meadows.WarsawWill
  • The horses were out there, grazing in the meadows.Amastan
  • The meadows gave way to hills, which turned into mountains.Lumi

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Forms of meadow

as a noun

plural
meadows