'Meadow' definitions:
Definition of 'meadow'
(from WordNet)
noun
A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay [syn: hayfield, meadow]
Definition of 'Meadow'
From: GCIDE
- Meadow \Mead"ow\, n. [AS. meady; akin to m[=ae]d, and to G. matte; prob. also to E. mow. See Mow to cut (grass), and cf. 2d Mead.]
- 1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Meadow'
From: GCIDE
- Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow ground." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
- Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.
- Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass (Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes.
- Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
- Meadow hen. (Zool.) (a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver. (b) The American coot (Fulica). (c) The clapper rail.
- Meadow mouse (Zool.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called also field mouse, and field vole.
- Meadow mussel (Zool.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
- Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
- Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.
- Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
- Meadow pipit (Zool.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.
- Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.
- Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.
- Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.
- Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe (Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.
- Meadow snipe (Zool.), the common or jack snipe. [1913 Webster] meadowgrass
Definition of 'meadow'
From: Easton
- Meadow
- Heb. ha'ahu (Gen. 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed or water-plant. In the Revised Version it is rendered "reed-grass", i.e., the sedge or rank grass by the river side.
- Heb. ma'areh (Judg. 20:33), pl., "meadows of Gibeah" (R.V., after the LXX., "Maareh-geba"). Some have adopted the rendering "after Gibeah had been left open." The Vulgate translates the word "from the west."
Synonyms of 'meadow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baygall,
- bog,
- bottom,
- bottomland,
- bottoms,
- buffalo wallow,
- campo,
- everglade,
- fen,
- fenland,
- field,
- glade,
- grass,
- grass veld,
- grassland,
- grazing,
- haugh,
- haughland,
- hog wallow,
- holm,
- lea,
- llano,
- marais,
- marish,
- marsh,
- marshland,
- mead,
- meadow land,
- mere,
- mire,
- moor,
- moorland,
- morass,
- moss,
- mud,
- mud flat,
- pampa,
- pampas,
- park,
- pasturage,
- pasture,
- pasture land,
- peat bog,
- prairie,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- range,
- salt marsh,
- savanna,
- slob land,
- slough,
- sough,
- steppe,
- steppeland,
- sump,
- swale,
- swamp,
- swampland,
- taiga,
- vega,
- veld,
- wallow,
- wash
Meadow, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Meadow, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000) :
658
Housing Units (2000) :
236
Land area (2000) :
1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km)
FIPS code :
47316
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
33.338336 N, 102.207772 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
79345
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Meadow, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Meadow, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000) :
254
Housing Units (2000) :
124
Land area (2000) :
0.495077 sq. miles (1.282244 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.495077 sq. miles (1.282244 sq. km)
FIPS code :
48830
Located within :
Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location :
38.886764 N, 112.406698 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Meadow'
- The Meadows,
- Beaver Meadows,
- Dole meadow,
- East Meadow,
- Forest Meadows,
- Golden Meadow,
- Grand Meadow,
- Great Meadows,
- Green Meadow,
- Green Meadows,
- Hidden Meadows,
- Little Meadows,
- Max Meadows,
- Meadow Acres,
- Meadow Bridge,
- Meadow Glade,
- Meadow Grove,
- Meadow Lake,
- Meadow Lakes,
- Meadow Vale,
- Meadow Valley,
- Meadow Vista,
- Meadow Woods,
- Meadow beauty,
- Meadow foxtail,
- Meadow hay,
- Meadow hen,
- Meadow mouse,
- Meadow mussel,
- Meadow ore,
- Meadow parsnip,
- Meadow pink,
- Meadow pipit,
- Meadow rue,
- Meadow saffron,
- Meadow sage,
- Meadow saxifrage,
- Meadow snipe,
- Meadow, TX,
- Meadow, UT,
- Meadows Place,
- New Meadows,
- Princeton Meadows,
- Queen of the meadow,
- Rolling Meadows,
- The Meadows, FL,
- Water meadow,
- meadow bright,
- meadow browns,
- meadow buttercup,
- meadow chicken,
- meadow clary,
- meadow cranesbill,
- meadow cress,
- meadow fern,
- meadow fescue,
- meadow goldenrod,
- meadow grass,
- meadow lark,
- meadow leek,
- meadow lily,
- meadow mushroom,
- meadow pea,
- meadow salsify,
- meadow spikemoss,
- meadow spittlebug,
- meadow vole,
- Beaver Meadows, PA,
- Catch-meadow,
- East Meadow, NY,
- Forest Meadows, CA,
- Golden Meadow, LA,
- Grand Meadow, MN,
- Great Meadows, NJ,
- Green Meadow, FL,
- Green Meadows, OH,
- Hidden Meadows, CA,
- Homestead Meadows North,
- Homestead Meadows South,
- Little Meadows, PA,
- Max Meadows, VA,
- Meadow Acres, WY,
- Meadow Bridge, WV,
- Meadow Glade, WA,
- Meadow Grove, NE,
- Meadow Lake, NM,
- Meadow Lakes, AK,
- Meadow Lark Lake,
- Meadow Vale, KY,
- Meadow Valley, CA,
- Meadow Vista, CA,
- Meadow Woods, FL,
- Meadow reed grass,
- Meadows Place, TX,
- New Meadows, ID,
- Princeton Meadows, NJ,
- Rolling Meadows, IL,
- White Meadow Lake,
- meadow jumping mouse,
- reed meadow grass,
- tall meadow grass,
- wild meadow lily,
- Emory-Meadow View,
- Great Meadows-Vienna,
- Homestead Meadows North, TX,
- Homestead Meadows South, TX,
- Meadow Lark Lake, WY,
- Paramount-Long Meadow,
- White Meadow Lake, NJ,
- meadow-beauty family,
- Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek,
- Emory-Meadow View, VA,
- Great Meadows-Vienna, NJ,
- Paramount-Long Meadow, MD,
- meadow cat's-tail grass,
- Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA