Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

market garden

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: mar-ket -gar-den
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Although the house is lonely it is on the electric tram route. You know the sort of market garden rurality that about a dozen miles out of London offers—alternate bricks and cabbages."
"Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

market gardens (plural) market-garden (alternative)

Phrases

market gardener market gardening

Frequently Paired Words

orchard pleasure ground truck farm vegetable garden

Synonyms

truck garden

Questions

What does market garden mean?: A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.

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