Thesaurus results for MEADOW

meadow

noun

Definition of meadow

as in grass

a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife.

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Recent Examples of meadow Every passing lawn and meadow, every winding path through the woods, seemed to hide a lurking menace. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Video taken by passenger Brett Fillipi showed the single engine propeller plane bouncing to a stop in a mountain meadow with its nose slamming into the ground. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 One cabin, known as Emma’s Cabin, overlooks a wildflower meadow and the river. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 In the summer, Lake Louise Gondola soars over lush alpine meadows and blooming fields of wildflowers. — Kristin Braswell, USA Today, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for meadow

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Noun

Ventura police officers involved in an e-bike sting operation at Ventura Community Park on June 10 attempted to stop the juvenile riding his e-motorcycle on the park grass, according to authorities.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Features of the waterpark include a shallow pool with play equipment for children, a deeper pool with a three-story water slide, shaded seating, non-water play spaces, playhouses and a grass area for toddlers.

— Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

Definition of grass

Noun

The team combined two fast-growing areas of quantum research by using a magnetic topological material to study non-Hermitian physics, an emerging field that examines systems with unconventional behavior.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026

Definition of field

Noun

In Oklahoma, increasing temperatures and drought have fueled a rise in grassland megafires since 2016.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
On Georgia's Jekyll Island, 52 acres of grassy terrain will be restored as a wildlife corridor, reconnecting fragmented pine and grassland habitats for shorebirds and snowbirds.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

Explore New England forests filled with sugar maple and hemlock, old carriage roads, and Green Mountain pastures in this National Historical Park.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
The mountains, undulating pasture and forest that surround Lanserhof Lans are a potent medicine in themselves.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Definition of pasture

Noun

Evans also said that teenagers as young as 15 have been arrested by police in relation to proxy plots.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
While the plot is being kept under wraps, sources say the film will be a horror thriller, which excited Feig, who, after successfully directing global hit The Housemaid this past Christmas, wanted to try something even darker.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 July 2026

Definition of plot

Noun

The daily rotating menu draws from various stops along the route; that night, I was served a zesty octopus, caught in Perth and paired with chimichurri and saltbush, an herb native to arid interior plains like the ones surrounding Kalgoorlie.

— Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
But when fire conditions spike, AI algorithms will automatically recalculate the region’s electricity flow, diverting power away from fragile forest lines and routing it through safer plains or underground urban corridors.

— Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

Definition of plain

Noun

The near-death experience forces her to confront her sense of isolation out in the prairie, where life is defined by subsistence.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Founded in 1996, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve covers around 10,000 acres—a tiny fraction of the 170 million acres of prairie that once covered North America.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

Changes included a longer project timeline, uncertainty over whether the developers could provide community amenities such as a pool and less profitable ground lease terms, according to the district.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Now that space is a market and not just a proving ground, the engineering that was once the whole game is only the cost of entry — and as in any maturing market, most ventures will not make it past that threshold.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

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