often attributive
: land that is covered or mostly covered with grass
wildflowers blooming in the meadow
especially
: a tract of moist low-lying usually level grassland
Examples of meadow in a Sentence
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French Park includes 275 acres of hiking trails, creeks, meadows and hillsides in Amberley Village.
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The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
Sources: Reasons to be Cheerful, Statistics Denmark Women in Senegal are donning beekeeping gear to protect mangroves
Mangroves are a haven of biodiversity and, like wetlands and seagrass meadows, store more carbon than terrestrial ecosystems.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
Natural light floods in from all sides through plate-glass windows affording huge views of meadows and farmland, the coastline stretching away to east and west, and the hulking form of the Sueve mountain range.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Pope’s research has estimated that there were once nearly three times as many meadows in the Sierra.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Later in the summer, casual, comfortable Gusto! is set to open in an indoor-outdoor space that overlooks meadows and the resort’s airstrip.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
UConn traveled 85 miles to get here and crossed through rolling meadows.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
The scenic meadow at Ford House offers unobstructed views of the sky for the event, where both seasoned astronomers and curious stargazers alike are welcome.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
Sources: Reasons to be Cheerful, Statistics Denmark Women in Senegal are donning beekeeping gear to protect mangroves
Mangroves are a haven of biodiversity and, like wetlands and seagrass meadows, store more carbon than terrestrial ecosystems.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
Natural light floods in from all sides through plate-glass windows affording huge views of meadows and farmland, the coastline stretching away to east and west, and the hulking form of the Sueve mountain range.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Pope’s research has estimated that there were once nearly three times as many meadows in the Sierra.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Later in the summer, casual, comfortable Gusto! is set to open in an indoor-outdoor space that overlooks meadows and the resort’s airstrip.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
UConn traveled 85 miles to get here and crossed through rolling meadows.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
The scenic meadow at Ford House offers unobstructed views of the sky for the event, where both seasoned astronomers and curious stargazers alike are welcome.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Meadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meadow. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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meadow
noun
mead·ow
ˈmed-ō 
: an area of moist low usually level grassland
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