meadow
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɛdoʊ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.
A number of places in the United States
verb
To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.
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This meaning: A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
Used this way, meadow 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
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “We enjoyed a lovely picnic in the sunny meadow filled with wildflowers.”noun
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