Covent Garden

[ kuhv-uhnt, kov- ]

/ ˈkʌv ənt, ˈkɒv- /

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noun

a district in central London, England, formerly a vegetable and flower market.

a theater in this district, first built 1731–32, important in English theatrical history: home of the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet.

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Words nearby Covent Garden

covenant, covenantee, covenanter, Covenant of the League of Nations, covenantor, Covent Garden, Coventry, Coventry bell, co-venture, cover, coverage

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How to use Covent Garden in a sentence

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
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But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
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No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.
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After all, you prepare your home, car, garden and other things for the seasonal change, so why not your body?
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Miyazaki is frank in his interviews with Sunada, whom he allows to tag along to his studio, his garden, and his private atelier.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
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It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
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Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
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In such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.
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British Dictionary definitions for Covent Garden

Covent Garden

/ (ˈkʌvənt, ˈkɒv-) /

noun

a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct

the Royal Opera House (built 1858) in Covent Garden

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