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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old North French |
| Origin: | , probably from Vulgar Latin (hortus) gardinus 'enclosed (garden)' |
1 [countable] British EnglishDLG the area of land next to a house, where there are flowers, grass, and other plants, and often a place for people to sit [= yard American English] 
He's outside in the garden.Grace brought us some flowers from her garden.
He's outside in the garden.Grace brought us some flowers from her garden. back/front garden (=at the back or the front of the house)
2 [countable] American English a part of the area next to a house, which has plants and flowers in it
3 a large area of land where plants and flowers are grown so that the public can go and see them :
gardens
[plural]DLG ➔ kitchen garden, market gardenWORD FOCUS: garden
parts of a garden: lawn, flowerbed, hedge, patio, rockery, pond, greenhouse, compost heap, kitchen garden
things you do in the garden: cut the grass/mow the lawn, weed the flowerbeds, sow seeds, plant flowers/bushes/trees, water the plants, cut back/prune roses and other bushes, trim the hedge
➔ lead somebody up the garden path
at lead1 (12)WORD FOCUS: gardenWORD FOCUS: garden parts of a garden: lawn, flowerbed, hedge, patio, rockery, pond, greenhouse, compost heap, kitchen garden
things you do in the garden: cut the grass/mow the lawn, weed the flowerbeds, sow seeds, plant flowers/bushes/trees, water the plants, cut back/prune roses and other bushes, trim the hedge
