lawn mower

noun

: a machine for cutting grass on lawns

Examples of lawn mower in a Sentence

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The wildfires broke out Friday after a spark from a lawn mower ignited in Sancheong, South Gyeongsang province, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Seoul. Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025 But this ended up being a message unlike any other that Spencer, a nice guy with a lawn mower from Wichita, had ever received. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025 Today the old town seems to have retreated into a kind of sleepy Norman Rockwell innocence: the distant drone of a lawn mower, the call of kids playing catch, the smoky aromas of a barbecue. Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025 Scott Madon, District 29 Republican Scott Madon won his seat with 35.2% of the votes as a write-in candidate after incumbent Sen. Johnnie L. Turner died this year from injuries sustained in a lawn mower accident. Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lawn mower

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lawn mower was in 1858

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“Lawn mower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawn%20mower. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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lawn mower

noun
: a machine for cutting grass on lawns

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