Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lawn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lawn \Lawn\, n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath, moor; of
Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place, llawnt a
smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory,
country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.]
1. An open space between woods. --Milton.
``Orchard lawns and bowery hollows.'' --Tennyson.
2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered
with grass kept closely mown.
{Lawn mower}, a machine for clipping the short grass of
lawns.
{Lawn tennis}, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the
open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis
court. See {Tennis}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lawn
n : a field of cultivated and mowed grass
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