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garden

garden

740 1.0
An area of land next to a house where people grow flowers or vegetables
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɑrdən/
translation icon : jardín
  • She spends her weekends tending to her garden, growing a variety of flowers and herbs.
  • home garden
  • vegetable garden
  • plant a garden

Today I am doing a video from my garden because why not?

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Examples

  • I'm currently sat out in my garden with Amy.

  • I gathered a few flowers from my own garden and walked over to her house.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Today I am doing a video from my garden because why not?

  • And the view in our garden I just love so much.

  • And we're we're sitting there in my garden, you know, eating dinner.

  • But until next time, good luck in the garden and keep on growing.

  • Then the Queen will take the dogs into the garden.

  • Grab an Uber, meet me at the garden and live life together.

  • One student may grow a garden and understand the importance of watering plants.

    Academic text (2013)
  • You have a whole garden of epicurean delights.

Synonyms

yard
vsgarden
651 1.0

An area of land next to a building, often fenced, used for animals, work or play

is specifically for cultivating and caring for flowers vegetables or other plants
backyard
vsgarden
451 1.0

An area of land behind a house used for play and gardening

is any adjacent land beside a house used for growing and caring plants
hort
vsgarden
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A garden where people grow vegetables, fruit, or flowers

is the common everyday term for such planted areas next to houses

Idioms

A situation that seems very good but may hide problems

9.8

A person who makes others feel awkward at a social gathering

Compounds

Garden of Eden
  • Literature
23 5.1

A perfect, untouched garden in the Bible where the first humans lived and a way to say an unspoiled place

garden variety
  • Informal
20 3.5

Common and not special or unusual

13 1.5

A long flexible tube that carries water to plants or the lawn

A small piece of land where you grow vegetables to eat

10 1.1

A garden where people grow roses for decoration and display

A place where local people grow vegetables and flowers together

A garden that grows many kinds of plants for study and for people to enjoy

8 2.3

An outdoor social event in a garden with food, drink, and music

A garden where people grow many flowers for beauty

5 2.0

A small garden where people grow herbs for cooking or medicine

5 3.2

A garden with many rocks and low plants like mountain flowers

4 3.6

A nickname for the US state of New Jersey

3 2.1

An outdoor area next to a pub where people sit to drink beer

walled garden
  • Jargon
2 7.9

A closed online space a company controls to limit access and sharing

2 1.0

A tool used to work in a garden, like a spade or rake

A garden on the roof of a building where people grow plants or relax

victory garden
  • Archaic
2 4.9

A garden planted during war to grow vegetables to help feed families

A garden with regular shapes, straight paths and neatly trimmed plants

1 2.6

A small area near a house where people grow vegetables and herbs for the home

1 3.5

A garden on the flat roof of a building where people grow plants or relax

1 1.0

A plant people grow outside near their house for flowers or food

A garden where people grow fruit and vegetables to sell

A planned work to make or improve a garden

1 2.3

A small wheeled container with handles used in a garden to carry tools or plants

1 1.3

A chair for sitting outside in a garden or on a lawn

1 5.7

A 2004 American film about a young man who returns to his hometown and deals with his feelings

A small hand tool with a pointed metal blade for digging and planting in soil

1 1.7

A tool with a long handle and a bar with teeth for gathering leaves or smoothing soil

1 1.6

A small animal with a shell that moves slowly and eats garden plants

veggie garden
  • Informal
1 2.7

A small area where people grow vegetables for their own use

A place where people go to see live wild animals

A large North American spider with black and yellow markings often found in gardens

Ordinary and not special

A small fast-growing herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish

Ordinary and not special, like a simple jacket you can buy anywhere

A garden plant with broad leaves and long hanging red flower spikes

9.9

The private area of a woman between her legs

A small garden bush that produces tart red berries for cooking and jam

6.5

A small round eggplant that people eat as a vegetable in West Africa

A small plant often grown in gardens with tiny blue, purple, or white flowers

A tall plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and roots used in medicine

A small garden plant people grow for edible dark or orange berries

A leafy vegetable grown in gardens for fresh salads

A tall plant with yellow flowers often seen as a weed in wet areas

A climbing plant with bright orange flowers whose seeds people sometimes eat like capers

A leafy plant like spinach that you cook or eat raw

garden angelica
  • Specialized
8.2

A plant people grow for its thick stems and roots that they candy or use as medicine

A bushy plant with lemon-scented leaves and small white or yellow flowers that people use in teas

A small many-legged creature that lives in soil and eats plant roots

A plant with spicy leaves that grows quickly and is used in salads

A plant that grows peas you eat fresh

A plant grown for its small green seeds that people eat fresh

A small round green seed often eaten as a vegetable

2.8

A common spider that lives in gardens and makes round webs

A low plant that makes sweet red fruit people eat fresh or in desserts

garden symphilid
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small animal that lives in soil and eats plant roots in gardens or greenhouses

4.6

Fresh fruits and vegetables that farmers grow to sell at markets

A small plant with purple or white flowers that grows in gardens

A small plant with spicy leaves used to add flavor to salads and decorate food

A small garden plant with bright, often sweet smelling flowers

A plant with thick red or green stalks that taste tart and are cooked in pies

4.7

A leafy plant with a strong peppery taste often used in salads

A heavy round tool you roll to press and level a lawn

A plant with sour leaves used in salads and cooking

A hand tool with a flat rectangular blade for digging and edging soil

garden webworm
  • Specialized
7.5

A caterpillar that spins webs on garden plants and eats their leaves

A garden where plants, soil, and helpful animals live in balance

A field where plants used to make beer are grown

A place inside a house or office where people grow plants for decoration

A nickname for the US state North Dakota because of the Peace Garden on its border

A garden set lower than the land around it in a pit or hollow

3.0

A garden or outdoor area where people sit to drink tea and eat light food

truck garden
  • Specialized
6.0

A small farm that grows vegetables to sell at local markets

How Big

estate
553 4.2
smallholding
  • UK
7.1
garden
740 1.0
vegetable patch
  • UK
2 2.0

Surface Forms

garden singular
gardens plural

Etymology

Garden comes from an old root gard meaning 'enclosed place' or 'yard'. So a garden was originally a small piece of land kept for plants, which is why today it means land next to a house where flowers or vegetables are grown.