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herb garden

herb garden

5 2.0
A small garden where people grow herbs for cooking or medicine
  • noun
  • /hɜrb ˈɡɑrdən/
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  • She enjoys picking fresh basil and parsley from her herb garden for her meals.

This one smells like I'm walking through an herb garden.

Examples

  • One of the most common herbs grown in herb gardens is basil.

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  • I'm hoping to start a herb garden.

  • - We got a beautiful little herb garden over here.

  • Look at that herb garden.

  • This is in the herb garden, which is one of my favorite places to go.

  • I want to cook meat; I want an herb garden and a chicken house.

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  • In the center of one wall was an open window that made the small herb garden outside seem part of the room.

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  • Oh, I think I'm gonna work in the herb garden a little.

  • The pleasure of an herb garden grows with every new plant that finds a home there.

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  • Fresh mint is a wonderful addition to a herb garden, but it can quickly take over your entire yard.

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Synonyms

garden
vsherb garden
41 1.0

The plants people grow at home for food or beauty

is the place specifically used to grow plants for cooking, medicine, or decoration
kitchen garden
vsherb garden
  • UK
1 2.6

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

is narrower, focusing on plants for cooking, medicine, or decoration
herbary
vsherb garden
  • Archaic
9.9

A place or collection of plants used for medicine

is a living cultivated outdoor area that also serves decorative purposes

How Big

allotment
  • UK
3 3.7
herb garden
5 2.0
kitchen garden
  • UK
1 2.6
window box
4 2.9

Surface Forms

herb garden singular
herb gardens plural

Morphology

herb + garden

The meaning 'a garden where herbs are grown' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'herb' (plants used for flavor/medicine) with 'garden' (a cultivated outdoor plot). This noun+noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows a standard English compounding pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Herb garden comes from the simple idea of a small place where people grow useful herbs. The word herb means plants used for 'cooking' or 'medicine' and garden means a plot for growing plants, so herb garden is a garden for those plants.