lawn mower

American  

Or lawnmower

noun

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

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lawn mower British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of lawn mower

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Last compared managing agents to powering a lawn mower: crank it long enough and it starts running on its own.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rasmussen hopes to work with companies to understand if audio devices could be designed that would repel hedgehogs from cars, lawn mowers or strimmers.

From BBC

Maybe someone outside was starting up a lawn mower.

From Literature

The bigger garage gives them more room to store their snowblower, lawn mower and kids’ bikes, and the extra bathroom means “I don’t have to share a shower with an 8-year-old,” Bartelt said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a stroke of luck that his special interest was financial markets and not, say, collecting lawn mower catalogues.

From Literature

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