English
Alternative spellings
swarth
Etymology
From Old English sweard
Pronunciation
Wiktionary:Pronunciation_key|IPA: /sw��(ɹ)d/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)d|-��(r)d
Noun
en-noun
- uncountable A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod.
- countable An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
#*1890: Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company 1
#*:...the trees began to thin and the sward to spread out onto a broad, green lawn, where five cows lay in the sunshine...
#*1918: Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons 2
#*:Only where George stood was there left a sward as of yore; the great, level, green lawn that served for both the Major's house and his daughter's.
Synonyms
(earth into which grass has grown): grass, turf, sod
(land covered with grass): clearing, field, greensward, lawn, meadow, yard
Derived terms
greensward
io:sward
ru:sward
fi:sward
te:sward
vi:sward
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