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orchard

orchard

84 3.2
A piece of land with fruit or nut trees grown for food
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrʧərd/
translation icon : huerto
  • I took her for our anniversary to that apple orchard.
  • apple orchard
  • fruit orchard
  • orchard trees

And we're moving forward and say, OK, we've got to the orchard.

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Examples

  • Go to the apple orchard.

  • As they drew closer to the orchard, she noticed the drooping and heavy branches.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I've been out working in the orchard.

  • Selena would walk by herself around the orchard, too, collecting things to play with.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I wanted to make a gift to you, these pears, I received from my parent's orchard in Normandy today.

  • Casimiro Sanchez makes his living from an orchard on the edge of town.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Later, Selena and Granny would walk through the orchard looking for fallen feathers.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Redmond claimed the orchard was almost one hundred acres in size when he purchased it in 1854.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The dark purple hills hem in the silver-green orchard and close off the horizon.

    Academic text (1993)
  • We enjoyed a sunny day picking apples at the orchard.

Synonyms

apple orchard
vsorchard
6 1.6

A place with many apple trees that grow fruit

is land for various fruit or nut trees rather than only one species
orange grove
vsorchard
4 2.8

A piece of land planted with orange trees to grow oranges

is land for various fruit or nut trees rather than only one species
peach orchard
vsorchard
1 2.8

An area of land with many peach trees that grow fruit

is land for various fruit or nut trees rather than only one species
lemon grove
vsorchard
1 2.7

An area of land where people grow lemon trees for fruit

is land for various fruit or nut trees rather than only one species

Compounds

A place with many apple trees that grow fruit

An area of land with many peach trees that grow fruit

A tree grown for its apples that people eat

6.1

A strong grass grown for hay to feed farm animals

A small North American songbird whose male has chestnut and black feathers

How Big

plantation
77 3.6
orchard
84 3.2
garden
740 1.0

Surface Forms

orchard singular
orchards plural

Etymology

Orchard comes from old English parts ort meaning 'plant' and geard meaning 'yard' or 'enclosure'. It originally meant a 'plant-yard' or small garden, so an orchard is a piece of land planted with fruit trees.