lawn

Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.countableuncountable

• Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lig
• (1) Higher rates for land uses which are a significant source of nutrient inputs to the Lakes, eg. turf farms. Or again, other things equal, high density housing with less lawn would be preferred to estates with medium density and rates str

An open space between woods.Englandcountablehistorical

An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.countableuncountable

To furnish with a lawn.transitive

• By opening all the arches of the several apartments […], by lawning the area within, and by a judicious use of ivy where any blank spaces require to be broken, or any deformities concealed, this might be made a beautiful and singular scene;

A type of thin linen or cotton fabric tightly woven of fine threads. (Traditionally expensive and luxurious in centuries past.)uncountable

• The stream had trickled over her chin and stained the purity of her lawn death robe.
• He looked through the glass at the fire, set it down on the end of the desk and wiped his lips with a sheer lawn handkerchief.

Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.countablein-pluraluncountable

A piece of clothing made from lawn.countableobsolete

• […] she was as the wild yoncopin to the calla lily. Marjie knew how to dress. To-day, shaded by the buggy-top, in her dainty light blue lawn, with the soft pink of her cheeks and her clear white brow and throat, she was a most delicious thi