lawn mower

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noun

a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.

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Also called mower.

Origin of lawn mower

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby lawn mower

law merchant, lawn, lawn bowling, lawn chair, Lawndale, lawn mower, lawn party, lawn sleeves, lawn tennis, law of averages, law of conservation

How to use lawn mower in a sentence

The best electric lawn mowers are much more than just hair clippers with an attitude.
Best electric lawn mower: Give up the gas for one of these powerful trimmers|Irena Collaku|July 25, 2021|Popular-Science
Let the robot do it with this intuitive automatic lawn mower.
Best electric lawn mower: Give up the gas for one of these powerful trimmers|Irena Collaku|July 25, 2021|Popular-Science
Landscaping companies and groundskeeping crews who needed to tame and maintain large areas of grass used the big industrial lawn mowers.
The best zero-turn mower: Tame your lawn with precision|Irena Collaku|July 22, 2021|Popular-Science
This is a commercial-grade lawn mower with enough horsepower to mow an entire neighborhood.
The best zero-turn mower: Tame your lawn with precision|Irena Collaku|July 22, 2021|Popular-Science

The crisis counselors respond when there’s a naked person riding a lawn mower down a highway, or someone yelling at the shadows underneath a bridge.
Crisis counselors are being hailed as police alternatives. It’s too heavy a burden, some say.|Rebecca Tan|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
I then used the same bike to pull my lawn mower (which I had also purchased) around the neighborhood to jobs.
Why Conservatives Should Love Bike Share|Daniel Gross|June 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Enrique Sr. opened a lawn-mower shop and later became a locksmith.
Did a CIA Agent Work for the Mob? Excerpt from Evan Wright’s New Book|Evan Wright|June 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
During head secretary Joan Holloway's goodbye party on Mad Men, the office gang takes turns riding around on a lawn mower.
Top Ten Office Party Scenes|The Daily Beast Video|December 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A Lawn Mower Gone Mad The Sterling Cooper ad men and women always learn the ills of heavy drinking the hard way.
Top Ten Office Party Scenes|The Daily Beast Video|December 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The busy President has hit on the same trick as I have to get out of the tiresome job of running the early-rising lawn mower.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
The patient horses who pulled the road-roller or the noisy lawn-mower made his eyes redden savagely.
Kings in Exile|Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
A loutish person promptly abandoned a lawn mower in the near distance and came to stand by the head of the languid pony.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon Wilson
He brought out and repaired the lawn mower, oiled its rusted parts and ran it gayly over the grass.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon Wilson
Wasn't right sure of him at first, 'cause he's run a lawn mower over them whiskers of his.
The Pirate of Panama|William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for lawn mower

lawn mower

noun

a hand-operated or power-operated machine with rotary blades for cutting grass on lawns

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lawn mower

or lawnmower

Origin of lawn mower

Words nearby lawn mower

Words related to lawn mower

How to use lawn mower in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for lawn mower