Definition of MEADOW

meadow

Plural: meadows

Noun

  • A tract of grassland, often used for hay.
  • a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
  • A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
  • Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

Verb

  • To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.

Examples

  • The board was so open, it felt like a vast MEADOW waiting for a long word to bloom.
  • the salt meadows near Newark Bay

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-.
See also West Frisian miede, dialectal Dutch made, dialectal German Matte (“mountain pasture”); also Welsh medi, Latin metō, Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “reaping”). More at mow.

Synonyms

hayfield, lea, leigh

Scrabble Score: 12

meadow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
meadow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
meadow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

meadow: valid Words With Friends Word