sunken garden

[ suhng-kuhn gahr-dn ]

noun

1. a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.

Example Sentences

We ascended the steps of the stone pavilion, and sat down in an arch like a balcony over the sunken garden.

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The Round Tower stands upon an artificial mound, and what was formerly its surrounding ditch is now a sunken garden.

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After they had given him tea among the scents and songs of the sunken garden outside the library window, they set him on his way.

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They sat after lunch in the library, before an open window, looking into a lovely sunken garden.

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Joan knew of the Reynolds familythey lived in a big place, with a sunken garden and a tall, iron fence all around.

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