lawn mower
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2.1
- noun
- /lɔn ˈmoʊər/
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cortacésped
- Every Saturday, I use my lawn mower to cut the grass in the backyard.
- push a lawn mower
- buy a lawn mower
- power lawn mower
He goes, do you know why Bill and Will's lawn mower didn't start?
- He goes, do you know why Bill and Will's lawn mower didn't start?
- This is what a whipper sniper is, Okay, This is what a lawn mower is.
Examples
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I drove that lawn mower across Main Street, Lillington to get to lawns on the other side of town.
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The light was graying, and I could hear a lawn mower start up down the street.
Fiction book (2000) -
I can hear some lawn mowers going on in the background.
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I wish we had a lawn mower.
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Lawn mowers in the distance.
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As she closed the door behind him, Mrs. Shaw said, "The lawn mower's in the back."
Fiction book (1997) -
"Thank you for letting me borrow the lawn mower." "It's nothing."
Fiction book (1997) -
Richard ignored him and pulled the string on the lawn mower; the noisy engine jumped to life.
Fiction book (1999) -
A lone gardener rides his lawn mower across the lawn...
Fiction book (1993) -
The modular robot lawn mower has been described as being like wall-e for your yard.
Synonyms
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1.0
A machine that cuts grass on lawns
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2.3
A machine with blades that cuts grass on a lawn
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3.5
A machine you sit on to cut grass
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3.2
A machine that cuts grass using a small engine
A machine with a small engine that cuts grass
A tool you push to cut grass without a motor
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a machine used for cutting the grass on a lawn' is directly and transparently derived from 'lawn' (an area of grass) + 'mower' (a device for trimming grass). This straightforward noun+noun compound follows common compositional patterns cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the expression.
Etymology
The name lawn mower comes from a simple picture: a machine that moves over a lawn and 'mows' the grass. So, mower is the tool that does the mowing, and the phrase means 'a machine used for cutting the grass' today.