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yardwork

yardwork

1 1.0
Tasks you do outside to cut grass and care for plants
  • noun
  • /ˈjɑrdˌwɜrk/
  • US
translation icon : trabajos de jardinería
  • I spent the weekend doing yardwork by mowing the lawn and planting flowers.

Examples

  • 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

gardening
vsyardwork
91 1.0

Working to grow and care for plants, often as a hobby

focuses on practical home outdoor chores for upkeep rather than hobbyist plant care
landscaping
vsyardwork
46 3.7

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

is mainly routine physical maintenance rather than planning or design work
groundskeeping
vsyardwork
  • US
1 3.7

Work that cares for outdoor areas of a property like lawns and gardens

is about physical chores for a home's outdoor area rather than whole property upkeep

How Demanding

landscaping
46 3.7
yardwork
  • US
1 1.0
gardening
91 1.0

Surface Forms

yardwork singular
yardworks plural

Morphology

yardwork = yard + work (transparent) = yard + work

The meaning is directly the result of combining 'yard' and 'work' (tasks done in a yard), which is easily inferred by learners.

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.