groundskeeping
- noun
- /ˈɡraʊndˌskiːpɪŋ/
- US
- 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.
- They'll be waves of creative groundskeeping with spiral pumping, pumpkin patches, and waves of cultural things.
Examples
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He takes pride in his work, ensuring that the groundskeeping crew keeps the park clean and well-maintained.
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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.
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After finishing high school, she found a job in groundskeeping, where she learned to care for the campus gardens.
Synonyms
Planning and caring for a garden or yard to make it look nice
Tasks you do outside to cut grass and care for plants
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.