'Lawn mower' definitions:
Definition of 'lawn mower'
(from WordNet)
noun
Garden tool for mowing grass on lawns [syn: lawn mower, mower]
Definition of 'Lawn mower'
From: GCIDE
- Lawn \Lawn\ (l[add]n), n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place, llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.]
- 1. An open space between woods. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]