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garden

garden

41 1.0
The plants people grow at home for food or beauty
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɑrdən/
translation icon : productos del jardín
  • These are the fruits of the garden just now.
  • garden produce
  • garden flowers
  • garden plants

These are the fruits of the garden just now.

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Examples

  • If it's in the garden I probably can grow it.

  • At least we had a chance to work in the garden together.

  • I had one of these in our last garden and it died.

  • I just love to have a garden just full of them.

  • I' d like to have a spice garden some day.

  • 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

vegetation
vsgarden
64 4.1

All the plants that grow in a particular place

refers specifically to cultivated flowers, vegetables, fruits, or herbs
plant life
vsgarden
14 2.8

All the plants that live in a particular place, like trees and flowers

refers specifically to cultivated flowers, vegetables, fruits, or herbs

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 Abundant

harvest
166 1.0
garden
41 1.0
bunch
800 1.0
sprig
19 3.0

Surface Forms

garden singular
gardens plural

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.