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groundskeeping

groundskeeping

1 3.7
Work that cares for outdoor areas of a property like lawns and gardens
  • noun
  • /ˈɡraʊndˌskiːpɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : mantenimiento de jardines
  • The university offers a degree in groundskeeping, preparing students to maintain beautiful outdoor spaces.

They'll be waves of creative groundskeeping with spiral pumping, pumpkin patches, and waves of cultural things.

Examples

  • He takes pride in his work, ensuring that the groundskeeping crew keeps the park clean and well-maintained.

  • Snow removal, groundskeeping, and outdoor landscaping.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The clear first candidates for outsourcing are those goods that really are private rather than public in nature, such as housing, food, cleaning, groundskeeping, and building maintenance.

    Academic text (2016)
  • They'll be waves of creative groundskeeping with spiral pumping, pumpkin patches, and waves of cultural things.

  • After finishing high school, she found a job in groundskeeping, where she learned to care for the campus gardens.

Synonyms

landscaping
vsgroundskeeping
46 3.7

Planning and caring for a garden or yard to make it look nice

focuses on regular care and upkeep rather than designing spaces
yardwork
vsgroundskeeping
  • US
1 1.0

Tasks you do outside to cut grass and care for plants

is ongoing care and management of outdoor areas rather than occasional chores

How Thorough

groundskeeping
  • US
1 3.7
landscaping
46 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

groundskeeping = grounds + keeping (transparent) = grounds + keeping

Formed by compounding 'grounds' + 'keeping' with the meaning 'maintenance of the grounds', which is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Groundskeeping is made of ground meaning 'land' and keep meaning 'to look after'. So groundskeeping is literally 'keeping the ground', which explains why it means caring for lawns, gardens and other outdoor areas.