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Definition lawn

Etymology 1

Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *land? (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *land?, both from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“land, heath”).

Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land.

Noun

lawn (countable and uncountable, plural lawns)

1. An open space between woods.
2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
3. (biology) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.

Etymology 2

Apparently from Laon, a French town known for its linen manufacturing, from Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, a Celtic name cognate with Lugdunum.

Noun

lawn (countable and uncountable, plural lawns)

1. (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
2. (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
3. (countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.

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