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Added 8 October 2026

lawn

/lɔːn/ noun

In Latin: virectum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lawn at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

verb

To furnish with a lawn.

noun

A type of thin linen or cotton fabric tightly woven of fine threads.
Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
A piece of clothing made from lawn.

Origin

Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.

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