victory garden
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- noun
- /ˈvɪktəri ˈɡɑrdən/
- Archaic
:
huerto de la victoria
- What would happen if our leaders could inspire us as they did in WWII, when people were exhorted to plant "victory gardens," ration fuel, and buy savings bonds?
- planted a victory garden
- vegetables from her victory garden
- World War II victory garden
Examples
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They drove past houses with victory gardens and V's in the windows if family members were in the service.
Fiction book (2002) -
Taking a cue from the victory gardens of WWII, LaManda wanted to create a resource for other urban dwellers who are interested in growing their own food.
Blog text (12) -
We grew it in our victory garden.
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Women worked and families had victory gardens.
Blog text (34) -
During World War II, they grew victory gardens that enabled people to live beyond their financial production and thrive during those times.
Blog text (5) -
Everyone contributed in some way... in the fields, factories, or kids collecting scrap and tending a victory garden.
Blog text (34) -
During World War II, many families created a victory garden to grow fresh vegetables at home.
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My grandmother always talked about her victory garden where she cultivated tomatoes and beans for our meals.
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The local community organized a project to plant a victory garden in the park to support food sustainability.
Synonyms
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1.0
An area of land next to a house where people grow flowers or vegetables
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1.0
A small piece of land where you grow vegetables to eat
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2.6
A small area near a house where people grow vegetables and herbs for the home
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2.7
A small area where people grow vegetables for their own use
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Morphology
The components 'victory' (wartime success) and 'garden' (place for growing plants) give a loose clue that the phrase relates to gardens associated with wartime or celebration. However, the specific historical sense — private/public gardens planted to alleviate food shortages during war — is a culturally specific, conventionalized meaning that is not fully predictable from the parts, so a B1 learner may not reliably infer the full sense.
Etymology
The noun victory garden comes from the world wars when people turned yards and parks into small vegetable plots to grow food and 'help the war effort'. Because these home gardens helped save food for soldiers, they were called victory gardens, so today the phrase means a garden planted in wartime to 'ease food shortages'.