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garden

noun · verb · adjective

Simple meaning

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

Pronunciation

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gahrduhn

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈɡɑɹdən

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

  2. in the plural

    Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.

  3. attributive

    Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.

  4. figuratively

    A cluster; a bunch.

verb

  1. Work in the garden

  2. intransitive

    To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.

adjective

  1. Common, ordinary, domesticated.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner (estimated)
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
General English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

Used this way, garden is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use garden

  • “This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden. We were drinking lemonade and playing croquet in the garden. Our garden is overgrown with weeds.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Outdoor

garden citygarden wall

Flowers

vegetable garden

Other combinations

flower gardenbotanic gardengarden partysquare gardensmall garden

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • gardeningnounInflected form

    The cultivation of plants.

  • gardenernounInflected form

    Someone who takes care of a garden.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • garden centipedenounCompound term

    Minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops.

  • garden chairnounCompound term

    Chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden.

  • garden cressnounCompound term

    Cress cultivated for salads and garnishes.

  • garden currentnounCompound term

    Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries.

  • garden eggnounCompound term

    Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable.

  • garden forget-me-notnounCompound term

    Small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • gardener's delightnounRelated term

    An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers.

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