yardwork
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- noun
- /ˈjɑrdˌwɜrk/
- US
:
trabajos de jardinería
- I spent the weekend doing yardwork by mowing the lawn and planting flowers.
Examples
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I've let my kids play in the car while I do yardwork, and I have also had the exact same conversation with mom friends at school.
Blog text (27) -
And you can keep in shape doing yardwork or running at the school track.
Fiction book (1990) -
Planning on doing some yardwork on Sunday?
Blog text (17) -
The Fadnicks always do their yardwork at night.
Fiction book (1991) -
I can still cook a few things for your freezer, you know, and Pat can deliver them when he does your yardwork.
Fiction book (2000) -
"It's very therapeutic," she says of the yardwork, "especially when you're working on a computer and looking at numbers all day."
Blog text (1) -
But if there are no dishes and yardwork is done, feel free to spend it on your hobbies because there is no reason not to.
Blog text (17) -
Stan Marensky had Keith do some yardwork for him.
Fiction book (1993) -
What about the case where I'm doing some activity like heavy yardwork during the day: moving rocks, digging holes, hauling water buckets around, etc.?
Blog text (15) -
He helped the old lady next door with yardwork, coached his kids with their homework, and every woman he met yearned to sleep with him, mother him, or both.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
Working to grow and care for plants, often as a hobby
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3.7
Planning and caring for a garden or yard to make it look nice
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3.7
Work that cares for outdoor areas of a property like lawns and gardens
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Morphology
Etymology
Yardwork is simply the two words yard and work: a yard was an old word for the outdoor area or 'enclosed space' by a house, and work means 'tasks'. So yardwork is the physical tasks like mowing, raking, or gardening you do in that outdoor area.