garden

The word “garden” means an outdoor area, often next to a house, where flowers, vegetables, or other plants are grown. In plain terms, an area for growing plants, or the act of tending one; also used loosely to mean "plain, ordinary" in "garden variety.".

“Garden” is pronounced GAH-dn (/ˈɡɑɹ.d(ə)n/ in IPA).

Here is “garden” used in a sentence: “She spends every Sunday morning weeding the garden.”

Depending on how it is used, “garden” can be a noun, a verb and an adjective.

The word “garden” comes from Old French. From Old French/Anglo-Norman gardin, ultimately from a Frankish word for a fenced enclosure — the same ancient root that gives English "yard".

“Garden” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Garden” has 4 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: an outdoor area, often next to a house, where flowers, vegetables, or other plants are grown.

The words differ mostly by region. In British English, a "garden" is the planted outdoor area beside a house, whether or not it has flowers. In American English, that space is usually called the "yard," while "garden" is reserved for a spot specifically growing flowers or vegetables. Both describe the land around a home.

There are many: flower gardens grown for colour, vegetable or kitchen gardens for food, herb gardens, rock gardens, and water gardens. On a larger scale, botanical gardens display plant collections for study, while ornamental and cottage gardens follow particular styles. Roof gardens and community allotments make use of limited space.

Gardens serve many purposes: growing flowers, vegetables, fruit, and herbs, and providing a private outdoor space to relax, play, or entertain. They also support wildlife such as bees and birds, improve the look of a home, and give many people a rewarding hobby in planting and tending plants.