noun ⇨ See also ↑ yard
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , lovely , pretty
▪ lush
▪ landscaped , manicured
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a large country house with beautiful landscaped ~s
▪ big , large
▪ small , tiny
▪ back , front (both esp. BrE )
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They hang out washing in their back ~s. ( BrE )
▪ backyard ( AmE )
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These flowers brighten up backyard ~s all over the country.
▪ flower , herb , kitchen , rose , vegetable
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Most of the hotel's salads are grown in its own kitchen ~.
▪ rock , water
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a rock ~ with an astonishing variety of alpine plants
▪ cottage , country ( esp. BrE ), formal , town ( BrE ), walled
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plants suitable for a small town ~
▪ community , private , public
▪ botanic , botanical
▪ beer
VERB + GARDEN
▪ create , design , lay out ( esp. BrE ), plan
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She has created a ~ out of a wilderness.
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We got someone to design the ~ for us.
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The ~ is laid out in 18th-century style.
▪ plant
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We planted the ~ with wild flowers.
▪ dig , do ( esp. BrE ), tend , tidy ( esp. BrE ), tidy up ( esp. BrE ), weed
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Weekends were spent tending the ~.
▪ cultivate , grow ( AmE ), keep ( esp. AmE ), maintain
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Old Mr Kenyon still keeps a ~.
▪ water
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Maggie unwound the hose and watered the ~.
▪ overlook
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The house overlooks the ~.
GARDEN + NOUN
▪ flower , plant
▪ soil
▪ pest
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aphids, one of the commonest ~ pests
▪ hose , tools
▪ gate , path , shed , wall
▪ gnome (= for decoration)
▪ furniture , seat
▪ centre/center ( esp. BrE ), store ( AmE )
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We got the gravel at our local ~ store.
▪ party
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , into a/the ~
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Mary's out in the ~.
PHRASES
▪ the bottom of the ~ ( esp. BrE ), the end of the ~