Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
Phrases & Compounds
Lawn mower
a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns.
Lawn tennis
a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See Tennis.
Lawn
n.
A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.