Garden /(gär"d'n; 277)/
Gar·den
Garden
n.
- A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy.
Phrases & Compounds
- Garden balsam
- an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
- Garden engine
- a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.
- Garden glass
- A bell glass for covering plants.
- Garden house
- A summer house.
- Garden husbandry
- the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
- Garden mold
- rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden.
- Garden nail
- a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick walls.
- Garden net
- a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.
- Garden party
- a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
- Garden plot
- a plot appropriated to a garden.
- Garden pot
- a watering pot.
- Garden pump
- a garden engine; a barrow pump.
- Garden shears
- large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.
- Garden spider
- the diadem spider (Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web.
- Garden stand
- a stand for flower pots.
- Garden stuff
- vegetables raised in a garden.
- Garden syringe
- a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
- Garden truck
- vegetables raised for the market.
- Garden ware
- garden truck.
- Bear garden
- See under Bear, etc.
- Hanging garden
- See under Hanging.
- Kitchen garden
- a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.
- Market garden
- a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
Garden
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Gardened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gardening
- To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.
Garden
v. t.
- To cultivate as a garden.