garden
♦♦ gar|den /g'ɑːrdən/ (gardens gardening gardened)
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In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables.
...the most beautiful garden on Earth.
2 [VERB] V
If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting.
Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends.
● gardening [N-UNCOUNT]
I have taken up gardening again.
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Gardens are places like a park that have areas of plants, trees, and grass, and that people can visit and walk around.
The Gardens are open from 10.30am until 5pm.
...Kensington Gardens.
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Gardens is sometimes used as part of the name of a street.
He lives at 9, Acacia Gardens.gar|den cen|tre (garden centres)
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A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools. (BRIT)gar|den par|ty (garden parties)
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A garden party is a formal party that is held out of doors, especially in a large private garden, during the afternoon.kitch|en gar|den (kitchen gardens)
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A kitchen garden is a garden, or part of a garden, in which vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown.mar|ket gar|den (market gardens)
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A market garden is a small farm where vegetables and fruit are grown for sale. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use truck farm)rock gar|den (rock gardens)
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A rock garden is a garden which consists of rocks with small plants growing among them.roof gar|den (roof gardens)
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A roof garden is a garden on the flat roof of a building.
1 [N-COUNT]
In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables.
...the most beautiful garden on Earth.
2 [VERB] V
If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting.
Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends.
● gardening [N-UNCOUNT]
I have taken up gardening again.
3 [N-PLURAL]
Gardens are places like a park that have areas of plants, trees, and grass, and that people can visit and walk around.
The Gardens are open from 10.30am until 5pm.
...Kensington Gardens.
4 [N-IN-NAMES]
Gardens is sometimes used as part of the name of a street.
He lives at 9, Acacia Gardens.gar|den cen|tre (garden centres)
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A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools. (BRIT)gar|den par|ty (garden parties)
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A garden party is a formal party that is held out of doors, especially in a large private garden, during the afternoon.kitch|en gar|den (kitchen gardens)
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A kitchen garden is a garden, or part of a garden, in which vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown.mar|ket gar|den (market gardens)
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A market garden is a small farm where vegetables and fruit are grown for sale. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use truck farm)rock gar|den (rock gardens)
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A rock garden is a garden which consists of rocks with small plants growing among them.roof gar|den (roof gardens)
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A roof garden is a garden on the flat roof of a building.