meadow

[med-oh]

noun

1. a tract of grassland used for pasture or serving as a hayfield.

   Synonyms: field, range, green

2. a tract of grassland in an upland area near the timberline.

meadow

/ ˈmɛdəʊ /

noun

1. an area of grassland, often used for hay or for grazing of animals

2. a low-lying piece of grassland, often boggy and near a river

Other Word Forms

• meadowy adjective
• meadowless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of meadow¹

before 1000; Middle English medwe, Old English mǣdw-, oblique stem of mǣd mead ²; akin to German Matte

Word History and Origins

Origin of meadow¹

Old English mædwe, from mǣd _mead ²; related to māwan to _mow ¹

Example Sentences

The trade, she recalls, left "beaded girls in the dormitories and bare-horned cows in the meadows".

From BBC

The Eames House is a raised steel-and-glass structure built into a hillside on the edge of a sun-dappled meadow in a eucalyptus grove on North Chautauqua Boulevard, with a view of the Pacific Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times

They live in stylish houses surrounded by luscious greenery, woodland, a meadow and a river.

From BBC

A classic grazing meadow, fringed by beech trees.

From BBC

An urban railway bridge, they say, will look completely out of place plonked down in the middle of a meadow.

From BBC

Related Words

• grassland 
• pasture 
• plain 
• prairie