: a planting of fruit trees, nut trees, or sugar maples
also
: the trees of such a planting
Examples of orchard in a Sentence
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In a neighborhood with little green space, Greenlee says the improved garden with the orchard’s shade canopy will be a respite from Sacramento’s punishing summers in a spot that already is a neighborhood signpost.
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Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Apr. 2024
For this, the British gifted him and his family a huge orchard just north of Old Delhi’s city walls, on the banks of the Yamuna River.
—Madhur Jaffrey, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
Outside Morgan Hill in southern Santa Clara County, an orchard could be razed for 320 single-family homes.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024
Demand for the nuts grew 400% since 1980, according to a Bastyr University report, and almond orchards in California grew by 29,000 acres in 2022, according to an estimate from Land IQ, an environmental solutions group.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
The invasive insect can damage fruit orchards, nurseries and logging and wine industries by destroying crops.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2024
Myanmar’s democratic transition under Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi further curtailed the region’s role in drugs, with U.N.-backed crop substitution programs transforming crimson poppy fields into fruit orchards and tea plantations.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
The plan includes trying new technologies to reduce emissions from rice while increasing yields and profits, creating more fisheries and fruit orchards, and building airports and highways to lure foreign investment.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
In New Hampshire, apple growers who went to bed with orchards full of pink blossoms awoke to petals turning brown.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Apr. 2024
For this, the British gifted him and his family a huge orchard just north of Old Delhi’s city walls, on the banks of the Yamuna River.
—Madhur Jaffrey, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
Outside Morgan Hill in southern Santa Clara County, an orchard could be razed for 320 single-family homes.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024
Demand for the nuts grew 400% since 1980, according to a Bastyr University report, and almond orchards in California grew by 29,000 acres in 2022, according to an estimate from Land IQ, an environmental solutions group.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
The invasive insect can damage fruit orchards, nurseries and logging and wine industries by destroying crops.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2024
Myanmar’s democratic transition under Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi further curtailed the region’s role in drugs, with U.N.-backed crop substitution programs transforming crimson poppy fields into fruit orchards and tea plantations.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
The plan includes trying new technologies to reduce emissions from rice while increasing yields and profits, creating more fisheries and fruit orchards, and building airports and highways to lure foreign investment.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
In New Hampshire, apple growers who went to bed with orchards full of pink blossoms awoke to petals turning brown.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Orchard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orchard. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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orchard
noun
or·chard
ˈȯr-chərd 
1
: a place where fruit or nut trees are grown
2
: the trees in an orchard
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