paddock
8
3.4
- noun
- /ˈpædək/
:
corral
- The horses grazed peacefully in the paddock near the barn.
- small paddock
- fertilized paddocks
So we won't have it thickly planted all along the paddocks.
- So we won't have it thickly planted all along the paddocks.
- In a Meadow behind the paddock, they saw an apple tree and watched as its branches rustled in a breeze.
Examples
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Near the houses are several paddocks for pigs and chickens.
Academic text (1992) -
Tom and Joe turned the other horses out into the paddock behind the barn.
Fiction book (1995) -
Bring 'em down to the back paddock, will you?
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Can we go to the paddock?
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Dad put some of the horses down in the south paddock.
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All the animals were gone, except for her knight's horse in the paddock out back.
Fiction book (2001) -
Put the pony in the paddock.
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The property contains a level, grassy paddock in a remote corner of the facility where guests can observe.
Academic text (2002) -
When she is visiting her parents, Linda takes scraps down to the horse paddock.
Fiction book (2002) -
There's also a caretaker's house, a paddock, a barn, some very nice stables.
Synonyms
742
1.0
An area of open land used for farming or grazing
85
1.0
A field of grass and wildflowers in the countryside
63
3.5
A small area for keeping animals like pigs or chickens
30
5.3
An enclosure for keeping farm animals like cattle or horses
3
2.0
A field of grass where cows eat
2
3.1
A small fenced area where farmers keep animals before moving them
2
2.6
Land with grass where farm animals eat
2
3.7
Land covered with grass where cows or sheep eat
2
2.6
A field where grass is cut and dried to feed animals
1
2.1
An enclosure for keeping cattle like cows and bulls
1
1.6
A fenced area where farmers keep cows
1
5.1
A fenced area where animals like sheep wait briefly before someone moves them
A fenced area where horses stay before a race
An enclosed area where farmers keep animals for a short time before moving them
A long grass field where cows graze, often beside a road
Compounds
An enclosed area where farmers keep animals for a short time before moving them
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Paddock originally meant a small enclosed field for animals, like a little 'pen' to keep them safe. That's why today a paddock is a small field where horses, cows, or sheep are kept, exercised, or allowed to graze.