garden
- noun
- /ˈɡɑrdən/
- These are the fruits of the garden just now.
- garden produce
- garden flowers
- garden plants
These are the fruits of the garden just now.
- These are the fruits of the garden just now.
- The purple rose, that's not from our garden.
- Feek and hope grown in northeastern gardens.
- And all those seeds have the garden salad variety.
Examples
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If it's in the garden I probably can grow it.
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At least we had a chance to work in the garden together.
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I had one of these in our last garden and it died.
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I just love to have a garden just full of them.
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I' d like to have a spice garden some day.
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And outside, there will be a sensory garden and other play areas.
Academic text (2008) -
I want to cook meat; I want an herb garden and a chicken house.
Fiction book (1995) -
During the summer, some of the people had small gardens for their vegetables and herbs.
Academic text (2001) -
Another gardener from Riverside stated, "It's therapy; you feel good inside to see the garden bearing fruit."
Academic text (2004) -
In her backyard, she grows a vibrant vegetable garden filled with tomatoes and peppers.
Synonyms
All the plants that grow in a particular place
All the plants that live in a particular place, like trees and flowers
Idioms
- Informal
A situation that seems very good but may hide problems
Compounds
- Literature
A perfect, untouched garden in the Bible where the first humans lived and a way to say an unspoiled place
A small area near a house where people grow vegetables and herbs for the home
- US
A 2004 American film about a young man who returns to his hometown and deals with his feelings
A tool with a long handle and a bar with teeth for gathering leaves or smoothing soil
A large North American spider with black and yellow markings often found in gardens
A small fast-growing herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish
A garden plant with broad leaves and long hanging red flower spikes
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 climbing plant with bright orange flowers whose seeds people sometimes eat like capers
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A very small animal that lives in soil and eats plant roots in gardens or greenhouses
A small plant with spicy leaves used to add flavor to salads and decorate food
A nickname for the US state North Dakota because of the Peace Garden on its border
How Abundant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Garden can also mean the plants that grow there; because garden first named an 'enclosed place' for plants, people began to use the same word for its flowers and vegetables.