garden

gar|den¹ W1S1 [ˈga:dn US ˈga:r-] n

[Date: 1300-1400; : Old North French; Origin: , probably from Vulgar Latin (hortus) gardinus 'enclosed (garden)']

1.) BrE

the area of land next to a house, where there are flowers, grass, and other plants, and often a place for people to sit

American Equivalent: yard

▪ He's outside in the garden.

▪ Grace brought us some flowers from her garden.

▪ Our house has a small garden.

▪ a garden shed

back/front garden

(=at the back or the front of the house)

2.) AmE

a part of the area next to a house, which has plants and flowers in it

vegetable/herb/rose garden

▪ The house has a beautiful herb garden.

3.) gardens [plural]

a large area of land where plants and flowers are grown so that the public can go and see them

▪ the Botanical Gardens at Kew

4.) Gardens

BrE used in the name of streets

▪ 211 Roland Gardens

→↑kitchen garden, ↑market garden

→lead sb up the garden path at ↑lead¹ (12)

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WORD FOCUS: garden

parts of a garden: lawn, flowerbed, hedge, patio, rockery, pond, greenhouse, compost heap, kitchen garden

things you do in the garden: cut the grass/mow the lawn, weed the flowerbeds, sow seeds, plant flowers/bushes/trees, water the plants, cut back/prune roses and other bushes, trim the hedge

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garden ²

garden² v [I]

to work in a garden, keeping it clean, growing plants etc