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meadow

/ˈmɛd.oʊ̯/

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What does meadow mean?

noun

  1. A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to be mown for hay or to be grazed.
  2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

verb

  1. To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.
More meanings (7)

proper noun

  1. A township in Clay County, Iowa.
  2. A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
  3. An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
  4. An unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota.
  5. A town in Terry County, Texas.
  6. A town in Millard County, Utah, originally named Meadow Creek.
  7. A female given name.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɛd.oʊ̯/

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By this time he was far down Meadow Lane, and the bell for school to “take up” tinkled faintly upon his ear.
Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, CompleteProject Gutenberg ebook #74
On either side of the river was also a meadow, curiously beautified with lilies, and it was green all the year long.
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131
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In a meadow in the parish of Standon, near Ware, there stands a rough hewn stone, now protected by an iron rail.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861
These two larks must not be confused with the meadow larks and titlarks, which belong to the blackbird and pipit families respectively.
Neltje BlanchanBird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our HomesProject Gutenberg ebook #1889
True, they rather order me about some, and make me jump from spar to spar, like a grasshopper in a May meadow.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701