community garden
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2.9
- noun
- /kəˈmjunɪti ˈɡɑrdən/
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huerto comunitario
- The neighborhood came together to create a beautiful community garden where they can grow vegetables and flowers.
- community gardens in Toronto
- community garden movement
- community garden sites
And, you know, people breathed a sigh of relief and said, OK, great, now we have community gardens.
- And, you know, people breathed a sigh of relief and said, OK, great, now we have community gardens.
Examples
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There has to be a New York State law passed by the legislature that creates a permanent right for community gardens to stay in place.
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Very, very funny; I will pass this along to our community garden group.
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I wish she would help me find out how to start a community garden across from my apartment.
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Probably just take them out to the community garden.
Fiction book (1993) -
Next stop for the Tacoma Art Bus: a community garden near you!
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Partnerships are invaluable to the success of a community garden project, especially in depressed urban areas.
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The CFS movement supports community gardens as part of a broader strategy to increase food security.
Academic text (2004) -
Since the community garden was started, Nadarasa and Miles have shared recipes, gardening tips, and a new friendship.
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Boston is a gardening hub, with around 175 community gardens in which some 3,500 families grow produce worth $1.5 million each year.
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On a bright late-September afternoon, Mary Bleach showed visitors around the community garden near her apartment in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.
Academic text (2013)
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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A small piece of land where you grow vegetables to eat
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2.0
A small area in a garden where people grow vegetables
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2.7
A small area where people grow vegetables for their own use
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Morphology
The meaning 'a piece of land gardened by a group of people' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'community' (a group of people) with 'garden' (a plot for cultivating plants). This noun+noun compounding is a regular, cross-linguistically common formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Community garden shows a simple image: neighbors working together on one patch of land. People bring tools and seeds to the same place, so community means the local people and garden is the planted land, which is why it means 'a piece of land gardened by a group of people'.