meadow has definitions from the fields of ecology,geography
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[ noun ] (ecology,geography) a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

Synonyms

hayfield

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

Wherever you looked , you saw Committeemen running across the meadows , some away from the road , some toward it , some parallel to it ; and about a mile to the west a cluster of at_least fifty militia were making their way in our direction .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

The road seemed animated with a few more wagons than usual ; a carriage raising_up the choking June dust , and beyond , in a meadow , a local militia company drilling with muskets , Kentuck ' rifles , every kind of horse pistol , old sword , or cutlass .

In the meadow below , militia officers shouted at their men and on King_'s_Bridge two boys sat fishing .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

They had the house cleaned_up by noon , and Wilson sent the boy out to the meadow to bring in the horses .

Related terms

grassland

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18090
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