lawn

Definitions


[lɔːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an area of short, regularly mown grass in the garden of a house or park
(e.g: she was sitting in a deckchair on the lawn)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: alteration of dialect laund ‘glade, pasture’, from Old French launde ‘wooded district, heath’, of Celtic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century


[lɔːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes
(e.g: a white lawn shirt)


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Origin:
Middle English: probably from Laon, the name of a city in France important for linen manufacture




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