LAWN


Meaning of LAWN in English

/ lɔːn; NAmE / noun

1.

[ C ] an area of ground covered in short grass in a garden / yard or park, or used for playing a game on :

In summer we have to mow the lawn twice a week.

a croquet lawn

—picture at house

2.

[ U ] a type of fine cotton or linen cloth used for making clothes

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WORD ORIGIN

sense 1 mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect laund glade, pasture , from Old French launde wooded district, heath, of Celtic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.

sense 2 Middle English : probably from Laon , the name of a city in France important for linen manufacture.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.