lawnmower
/ˈlɔn.moʊ.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.
noun
A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.
Example Sentences
- "We replaced our old electric lawnmower with a new cordless one."
- "It is only a small school, but this year the committee has expended £105 in reforming the garden, painting the fences, making a tennis court and lawn, purchasing a lawnmower etc."
- "here was an ordinary man out of the city directory that subscribes for magazines and pushes the lawnmower in his shirt-sleeves of evenings."
- "Silence reigned, broken only by the hideous screeching of vultures and the sound of a lawn-mower being used in the hospital grounds."
- "We hired a third lawnmower for the spring and summer."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landąder.? Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-der. Proto-Celtic *landāder.? Vulgar Latin *landa? Old French landebor. Middle English launde English laund English laune English lawn Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰeder. Proto-Germanic *maganą Proto-West Germanic *magan Old English magan Middle English mowen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English mowere English mower English lawnmower From lawn + mower.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɔn.moʊ.ɚ/
- British English: /ˈlɔːn.məʊ.ə/