orchard

American  

[awr-cherd] / ˈɔr tʃərd /

noun

1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

2. a group or collection of such trees.

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orchard British  

/ ˈɔːtʃəd /

noun

1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees

2. a collection of fruit trees especially cultivated

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Etymology

Origin of orchard

before 900; Middle English orch ( i ) ard, Old English orceard; replacing ortyard, Middle English ortyerd, Old English ortigeard (compare Gothic aurtigards garden), equivalent to ort- (combining form akin to wort ²; later identified with Latin hortus garden) + geard yard ²

Example Sentences

Participants spend months learning how to plant orchards, raise free-range livestock and tap syrup from the thickets of maple and sycamore trees.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other external amenities include a greenhouse, beautiful lawns and gardens, an orchard, and a pool and spa, according to a previous listing.

From MarketWatch

“The freshness of an orchard? The warmth of a blooming flower garden? The windswept allure of the coastline?”

From The Wall Street Journal

The Harrison apple nearly vanished in the 20th century but now grows in one of the world’s highest-elevation orchards at Colorado’s Snow Capped.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hundreds of thousands of times each year in California, farmers and their contractors spray pesticides on fields and orchards in the state’s agricultural heartlands.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• garden
• plantation