gazon — meaning in English
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English meaning
- grass noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
- lawn noun An area of ground, usually next to a house, covered with closely cut grass.
- sod noun A layer of grass-covered soil held together by roots; turf.
- sward noun Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
- turf noun Grass-covered ground, or a section of it cut as sod.
Senses
gazon is used for these senses in English:
- grass (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
- grass (uncountable) A lawn.
- lawn Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
- sod (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
- sward (uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
- turf (uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- turf (countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
grass — full definition
- noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
- noun Marijuana (informal).
- noun British informal: an informer who reports criminals or wrongdoers to the authorities.
- verb British informal: to inform on someone to the police or another authority.
lawn — full definition
- noun An area of ground, usually next to a house, covered with closely cut grass.
- noun A fine, lightweight woven cotton or linen fabric.