lawn mower

Or lawnmower

noun

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

lawn mower

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lawn mower¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The robots swarming around look like electric orange self-driving lawn mowers in a coordinated dance, giving one another the right of way.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

It also includes the cost to repair the container, and to replace other items like seat boxes, chairs, trolleys, a lawn mower, hand tools and fishing tackle.

Read more on BBC

The props turn slowly in unison—calibrating, calibrating—then spool furiously, a squadron of lawn mowers on deck.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Balmer had admitted to officials that he removed petrol from a lawn mower and poured it into beer bottles to make Molotov cocktails he used in the attack, Pennsylvania State Police said.

Read more on BBC

Emergency sirens, lawn mowers and music in a nightclub, by contrast, can exceed 90 decibels.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• mower