garden in English: A piece of ground next to a house where you grow flowers, grass, or food. (noun)

Translation

A piece of ground next to a house where you grow flowers, grass, or food.

Word origin

From Old French gardin, meaning a piece of land for growing plants.

Origin: Old French
Root: gardin

Grammar

Gender

Pluralgardens

Examples

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Here "garden" is the green ground next to the house.

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"Garden" is the place where the flowers grow.

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"Gardens" is the plural, meaning more than one garden.

A garden is the piece of ground around a house where green things grow. People grow flowers, grass, trees, or food there. You can sit, play, or work in the garden when the weather is nice.

Related words

house

A building where people live, usually a home for one family.

tree

A tall plant with a hard trunk, branches, and leaves that lives for many years.

flower

The coloured part of a plant that holds its seeds and often smells sweet.

grass

The green plant with thin leaves that covers fields and gardens.

field

A wide piece of open ground, often with grass, where food grows or animals stay.

fence

A wall made of wood or wire that goes around a garden or field to keep things in or out.

rabbit

A small furry animal with long ears that hops and lives in a hole in the ground.

root

The part of a plant that grows under the ground and takes in water.

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