Thesaurus results for MEADOWS

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 Outside, the grounds include lawns, meadows, and a kitchen garden that supplies vegetables and cut flowers. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Its meadows of native grasses and wildflowers lure a variety of butterflies spring through fall. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 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 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

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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

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On the other hand, hunger declined to historically unprecedented levels, food prices fell, life expectancy rose, and countless new industries emerged to absorb the workers no longer needed in the fields.

— Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Floodwaters are beginning to impact farmland, woodlands, nurseries, parks, athletic fields, golf courses, greenways, and boat-access areas with up to 2 feet of inundation.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of fields

Noun

Just like their first Beverly Hills abode, the home was complete with resort-like grounds.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
In contrast, peregrine falcons that breed in Alaska migrate almost directly south, dispersing across the Americas to wintering grounds that extend as far as southern South America.

— Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of grounds

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Behind the storm, colder overnight temperatures could bring the first freeze of the season to much of Colorado's eastern plains.

— Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Block after block of hulking data centers – both new and under construction – rise up seemingly out of nowhere from rolling plains and fields of sunflowers and sorghum.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of plains

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Filmed on the Mongolian grasslands, the film portrays the chaos of the early days of the Covid pandemic.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
For millennia, the Great Steppe, a vast landscape of grasslands, deserts, and rolling fields that covers much of Kazakhstan, was home to roaming Turkic tribes, known by the 15th century as the Kazakh Khanate.

— Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of grasslands

Noun

While reporting on wolves attacking livestock in Northern California, I was stunned to learn some shepherds put donkeys in their pastures to ward off predators.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
These arid plains dotted with date palms were once full of natural lakes and lush pastures on which local inhabitants roamed and grazed their livestock.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of pastures

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There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Unsheltered intertwined two plots related to the precarity of American life and the danger of demagogues—one set at the dawn of the MAGA era.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of plots

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Vintage finds, including an antique Swedish farm table, sit alongside custom bronze racks, while a swath of grass has been installed along the length of the shopfront window, nodding to the prairies of Wescoat Pound’s native Midwest.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
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

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