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Word entry · 6 letters

meadow

Best crossword clue

"Open grassy field"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɛd.əʊ̯/Part of speech nounSorted ademowStarts with MEnds with W2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An open field covered with grass and wild plants.

Word origin

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow.

Used in a sentence

  • alpine meadows
  • Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.
  • the salt meadows near Newark Bay

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Open grassy field6 letters
02Grassy field6 letters

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