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 To top it off, the mountain retreat includes access to Starwood’s tennis courts and protected meadows. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026 Generations ago, the Central Valley was a vast expanse of lush meadows, wetlands and lakes fed by melting Sierra Nevada snow. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Though the kits stay close to their adoptive human parents, they’re eventually allowed to roam free during the day on the rescue’s rural 20-acre (8-hectare) property, a sprawling mix of meadows and thick forest spotted with ponds and a nearby river. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 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
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
  • The experiment showed that the 3D field could create electron states that conventional light fields cannot readily produce.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The deal between Big 12 and Monster calls for a co-branded logo on football and basketball jerseys, fields and courts, and across digital and social media channels.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • Ming Yang, a Chinese manufacturer, has already been blocked from building a factory in Scotland on national security grounds.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The house and its grounds form the backbone of filming locations, though certain spaces on the property were either too cramped or did not provide the right lighting for film production.
    — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of grounds
Noun
  • Thousands of turbines already stand across the plains and high desert.
    — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The plains were a far smoother ride, and both our joints and the Jeep’s suspension settled down to coast over kilometres of unbroken grassland.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of plains
Noun
  • More than 85% of the world’s wetlands are gone, according to researchers, and North America has already lost more than half its grasslands.
    — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Up to a million wild black-footed ferrets once bounded in the grasslands from Canada to Mexico, between Arizona and Kansas.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of grasslands
Noun
  • The 43-room red-brick hotel shares its vast 375 acres with an 18-hole golf course, a spa, as well as a cricket ground and horse pastures.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
  • To see them — from an appropriate distance, of course — visit the Windmill and West Traps pastures.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of pastures
Noun
  • Since Guadagnino’s first feature in 1999, The Protagonists, a mockumentary starring Tilda Swinton as a filmmaker re-creating a real-life murder in London, his work has encompassed a variety of plots, tones, and textures.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Accenture said implementation, over 25,000 supply chain workflows have been executed, and close to nearly 25,000 land plots have been monitored automatically.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of plots
Noun
  • Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the black-footed ferret remains the face of conservation of the prairies.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of prairies

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“Meadows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadows. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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