Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lawn
IPA transcription: [l'ɔn]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lawn
    Meaning: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
Usage examples
  • "I want to give you a lesson in--in lawn tennis."
  • How calm the aspect of the lawn and its clustering shrubs.
  • Marguerite remained standing for a moment on the lawn quite alone.
  • The lunch party and the cougar were then photographed on the lawn.
  • It was indeed Lucy tripping across the lawn in the lightest of summer frocks.
  • He accused the doctor of the deception, and, crossing the lawn, had said something cruel to Louise.
  • The naphtha launch of the millionaire would spit among the romantic coves; the verdured hills would take formal shapes of terrace, lawn, and park.
  • The rancher and his wife were waiting at the lower end of the lawn as the Pony Rider Boys, accompanied by Professor Zepplin, rode up on the following afternoon.
  • He did it merely to spite me, and, with what I deem a proper spirit, I declined to live in the room; whereupon my father said I could live there or on the lawn, he didn't care which.
  • Kenneth had sent word to Tom Gates, asking the young man to come to Elmhurst, but it was not until two days after the lawn party that Tom appeared and asked permission to see Mr. Forbes.