orchard
English
An apple orchard.
Etymology
Old English ortgeard, a compound of ort, either from wyrt (“wort (plant)”) or from Latin hortus (“garden”), and geard (see yard). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈɔː(ɹ).tʃəd/, /ˈɔː(ɹ).tʃɜː(ɹ)d/; X-SAMPA: /"O:(r).tS@d/, /"O:(r).tS3:(r)d/
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Noun
orchard (plural orchards)
- A garden or an area of land to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- […] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, […]
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
Synonyms
- (land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees): grove, plantation, woodlet
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Translations
land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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