allotment
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- noun
- /əˈlɑt.mənt/
- UK
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- Clyde and I rode up to the allotment to find you, and you weren't there.
- land allotment
- grazing allotment
- allotment gardens
So it was really crucial to actually farm these allotment plots.
- So it was really crucial to actually farm these allotment plots.
- I was at like helping my mom on her allotment.
- In Ukraine in general, peasants got very small land allotments, smaller than the rest of the country at a time of growing population.
- And they found that the, the rodents ate the entire allotment in four to six hours.
Examples
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Gerri's always giving me stuff from the allotment.
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Little Bull tries to keep track of an allotment owned by his 98-year-old mother, Mary, who lives in a nursing home.
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You think you could do her allotment too?
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Sold your allotment to some new guy.
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Have you been at the allotment?
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Have they gone to the allotment?
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We had some tomatoes from Tom and Gerri's allotment.
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In Ukraine in general, peasants got very small land allotments, smaller than the rest of the country at a time of growing population.
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In future years, instead of golf courses, there'll be farms, allotments, parks named after us.
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Every Saturday, she visits her allotment to tend to the vegetables she has planted.
Synonyms
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1.0
An area of land next to a house where people grow flowers or vegetables
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1.9
A small piece of land used to grow plants or vegetables
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4.9
A piece of land marked to sell or build on
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A small piece of land where you grow vegetables to eat
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A small piece of ground for growing plants or building on
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A piece of land sold or owned as one unit
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A small area in a garden where people grow vegetables
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A small piece of land used for growing plants
A system of renting small pieces of land for one season to grow crops
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Etymology
The word allotment comes from lot, which also meant a 'plot' or 'piece of land', so an allotment is a small plot people rent to grow vegetables or flowers.