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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

orchard

/ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/

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What does orchard mean?

noun

  1. A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
  2. The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

proper noun

  1. A topographic surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/

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He would rather be eaten by wild beasts than see her move on the ground as she had moved in the orchard.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24
Across an orchard of the suburbs came a small boy, after him a big dog, urged by a man in the background.
Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the LimberlostProject Gutenberg ebook #125
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There is not one which has not had its bullet or its biscayan.6 The skeletons of dead trees abound in this orchard.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Then they rode over the bridge and through the orchard, and still there was no man, and all gates were open wide.
William MorrisThe Well at the World's End: A TaleProject Gutenberg ebook #169
I want to have a garden and orchard rise up and meet me every morning, with the request to "lay on, Macduff."
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671