market garden

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noun

Chiefly British. truck farm.

Market Garden, Military. the Allied code name for the unsuccessful invasion of Holland by British and American airborne and infantry forces on September 17, 1944.

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Origin of market garden

First recorded in 1805–15

OTHER WORDS FROM market garden

market gardener, nounmarket gardening, noun

Words nearby market garden

market basket, market boat, market economy, marketeer, market forces, market garden, market gardening, marketing, marketing mix, marketing research, market letter

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How to use market garden in a sentence

In the subsequent years, I have become a beekeeper and a farmer of a small market garden.
Your 401(k) is still likely to have a bumpy ride after the election|Michelle Singletary|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
I have promised the man a market-garden with a house on it close to the porter's lodge in the Rue Saint-Maur.
Honorine|Honore de Balzac
Driven by an impulse of distaste for him and his house and market garden, I started to leave in secret.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
She was reading to him about the business of a market garden.
Little Erik of Sweden|Madeline Brandeis

Now and then a family finds a forgotten acre, builds a shack, and starts a small independent market garden.
Our Foreigners|Samuel P. Orth
As late as 1830, Winnisimmet was of no importance except as a market-garden and thoroughfare.
Bay State Monthly, Volume I, No. 2, February, 1884|Various

British Dictionary definitions for market garden

market garden

noun

mainly British an establishment where fruit and vegetables are grown for sale

Derived forms of market garden

market gardener, noun

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