lawn

English

/lɔːn/, /lɔn/, /lɑn/

noun
Definitions
  • An open space between woods.
  • Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
  • (biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English launde derived from Old French lande (heath, woodland, clearing in a wood, remote wooded area, moor, leigh) inherited from Proto-Germanic *landą (land) derived from Proto-Celtic *landā (space, land) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lendʰ-

Gloss

land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

炊

Emoji

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