as in grass
an area of ground (such as the ground around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with short grass
We had a picnic on the lawn in front of the monument. a neighborhood with well-kept lawns
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The next year, during Soundgarden, the audience tore down part of the wooden fence surrounding the theater and lit bonfires across the lawn.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Digging into the lawn of a historic mansion in the capital city of Slovakia, archaeologists and their team of university students expected to find some ancient Roman artifacts but what emerged shocked them all.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
The damage was discovered Saturday morning when a volunteer found tire marks that left deep ruts and destroyed sections of sod on the northwest lawn of the Mt. Soledad Open Space Preserve that surrounds the memorial, said Neil O’Connell, the memorial association’s executive director.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Frykowski and Folger managed to escape, but the killers caught up with them, stabbing them to death and leaving their bodies on the lawn.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Digging into the lawn of a historic mansion in the capital city of Slovakia, archaeologists and their team of university students expected to find some ancient Roman artifacts but what emerged shocked them all.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
The damage was discovered Saturday morning when a volunteer found tire marks that left deep ruts and destroyed sections of sod on the northwest lawn of the Mt. Soledad Open Space Preserve that surrounds the memorial, said Neil O’Connell, the memorial association’s executive director.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Frykowski and Folger managed to escape, but the killers caught up with them, stabbing them to death and leaving their bodies on the lawn.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Lawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawn. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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