victory garden

American  

Or Victory garden

noun

1. a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.

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Etymology

Origin of victory garden

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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victory garden

“So as a start, I suggest maybe you reduce your lawn and have a native plant victory garden, where the food is not for you, but for the wild animals who live here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2022

Spangler and Clayton agreed maintaining their victory garden is a time commitment, but it can bring people together to rally around a cause that’s desperate for solutions.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2020

During the war, the Mazzas — husband Louis; children Olga, Dorothy, Helen and Raymond — had a victory garden there.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2018

But they really took off in World War II — despite the Department of Agriculture’s initial objections to Mrs. Roosevelt’s White House victory garden, prompted by fears the movement could hurt food companies.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2015

One solution to the food scarcity, or shortage, was a victory garden, also called a war garden.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012