orchard

[awr-cherd]

noun

1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

2. a group or collection of such trees.

orchard

/ ˈɔːtʃəd /

noun

1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees

2. a collection of fruit trees especially cultivated

Word History and Origins

Origin of orchard¹

before 900; Middle English orch ( i ) ard, Old English orceard; replacing ortyard, Middle English ortyerd, Old English ortigeard (compare Gothic aurtigards garden), equivalent to ort- (combining form akin to wort ²; later identified with Latin hortus garden) + geard yard ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of orchard¹

Old English orceard, ortigeard, from ort-, from Latin hortus garden + geard _yard ²

Example Sentences

In the right conditions an orchard could produce up to 20 kilos per hectare.

From BBC

Sandoval, a former member of the Kerman City Council and longtime teacher in nearby Tranquility, scoffed at the piano lessons and tree donation, noting that Cantua Elementary is across the street from an orchard.

From Los Angeles Times

Shasta and the Sierra Nevada, rivers course down to the valley floor, to vast fields of rice, endless orchards of peaches and golden, rolling grassland full of more cows than people.

From Los Angeles Times

In February, Wonderful Nurseries President Rob C. Yraceburu said in an email to employees that the state’s agricultural industry has seen tens of thousands of orchard and vineyard acres abandoned or removed.

From Los Angeles Times

Olive groves, orchards and vineyards owned by Palestinian farmers along the road network are often overgrown, sometimes dotted with piles of rubble left from buildings Israel has demolished.

From BBC

Related Words

• garden 
• plantation