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meadows

noun

plural of meadow
as in grasses
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 meadows Continue west and the road winds through meadows, aspen groves and small roadside pullouts before climbing to Ripple Creek Pass at 10,343 feet. — Joe Ruch, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Starting at Massie Gap at Grayson Highlands State Park, the nine-mile round-trip hike winds across open highland meadows, past grazing ponies, and into a mossy spruce-fir forest ecosystem. — Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026 Keep looking for new spots, especially smaller meadows that have more timber close by, giving spooky animals a heightened sense of security. — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 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 In September, aspens begin turning gold in places such as the Bear Lake Road Corridor, while male elk bugle and gather harems in meadows around Moraine Park and nearby Estes Park. — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026 Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 The best Airbnbs in the Dolomites are similarly varied, from remote huts tucked into wildflower meadows to working farms with their own cheese dairies and centuries-old homes surrounded by vineyards. — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2026 Visitors from all over come to this ever-changing Balkan trail to explore its towering limestone peaks, glacial lakes, rolling wildflower meadows and steamy cloud forests. — Gina Park, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meadows
  1. grasses
  2. fields
  3. grounds
  4. plains
  5. grasslands
  6. pastures
  7. plots
  8. prairies
Noun
  • Most gardens naturally have crevices that many plants will gladly make home like; Sedum, succulents, various grasses (like Emerald' zoysia grass here), creeping thyme, Rupturwort, New Zealand Brass Buttons, and various mosses.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
  • Ornamental grasses add texture and movement Muhly grass and fountain grass bring a different kind of beauty to summer landscapes.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of grasses
Noun
  • 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
  • These rules exactly correspond to the monotone Boolean functions—a function type crucial in fields such as cryptography and voting theory.
    — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • It was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane on airport grounds, where German police safely defused the device.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Six decades earlier, on the same grounds, a young Muhammad Ali absorbed a famous left hook from Henry Cooper late in the fourth round, then finished the fight in the fifth when the referee stopped it because of a severe cut over Cooper’s eye.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of grounds
Noun
  • Meanwhile, on Monday night, severe thunderstorms and damaging wind gusts between 70 and 83 miles per hour took down power lines and trees in the plains of Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This year they’ve been spotted on the plains more than an hour’s drive east of Colorado Springs.
    — Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of plains
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 grasslands
Noun
  • Prolonged periods of drought are scorching French pastures, leeching them of their usual lush green vitality and leaving behind parched, lifeless yellow fields.
    — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The ranchers depend on snowmelt that feeds the Colorado River and its tributaries to nourish grasses and hay pastures for their herds.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of pastures
Noun
  • Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While everyone else is staring at dot plots and hanging on Jensen Huang's every utterance, Illumina (ILMN) has been quietly doing what good charts do.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of plots
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 prairies

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“Meadows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadows. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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