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 Next, workers are building around the meadow to keep elk out for several years, and replanting willows to shade the water. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026 September transforms open fields, roadsides and mountain meadows into bold, vivid landscapes of brilliant yellows, purples, reds, whites and other hues. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Four people were killed early Friday, and two were in critical condition, after a car drove off a mountain road near the Los Angeles-San Bernardino County line and rolled into a meadow area. — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 As evening fell and guests sipped drinks and ate hors d’oeuvres, John Ternus slipped into the Observatory building, an event space embedded into a meadow with a large oval window that looks out toward Apple’s main building. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for meadow

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Noun

Photographs included in the report show a cage that looks only slightly larger than a telephone booth sitting on what is either grass or turf and surrounded by chain-link fencing topped with concertina wire.

— Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Will this fly ball find that one patch of grass an opposing outfielder can’t cover?

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of grass

Noun

Of course, one of the best parts of writing a road trip novel is the field research—which for me, involved driving Route 66 over three weeks in October 2021 with my British partner and 1-year-old in tow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Andy Reid has built an unprecedented resume on the field as the only coach with 100 NFL coaching wins for two different franchises.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of field

Noun

The move comes during one of the Mara’s busiest periods, when the annual wildebeest migration draws huge numbers of animals, tourists and conservation teams onto the grasslands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Junon bears the brunt of Weapons’ attacks in defense of the planet, parts of Gongaga have been flooded, and the grasslands look remarkably different from above.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

Mixed-use pastures known as dehesas were planted with crops and peppered with oak trees, which provided cork and firewood.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit says the officers did not contact Israel beforehand and did not have her consent, a warrant or an emergency that legally justified entering the pasture.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of pasture

Noun

What makes the revenge plot so seductive is the buildup more than the act itself.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
On paper, the script didn’t seem that funny, and the looseness of it all — the clowning, the lack of a traditional plot structure — seemed kind of slapdash.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of plot

Noun

The prairies’ clayey soils and other characteristics suppress tree growth, but allow native grasses, wildflowers and other herbaceous plants to thrive.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

Instead of constructing a large containment structure above ground, the company plans to place the reactor inside a borehole roughly one mile below the surface.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
So prohibiting this technique on safety grounds would also tend to result in higher prices.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

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