• Lawnmower

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈlÉ‘n.məʊ.əː/
    • US IPA: /ˈlÉ‘n.moÊŠ.ɝ/

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    lawn + mower

    Full definition of lawnmower

    Noun

    lawnmower

    (plural lawnmowers)
    1. Any of the electrical or mechanical machines used for cutting grass.
      • 1877, Queensland. Dept. of Public Instruction, Report of the Secretary for Public InstructionIt is only a small school, but this year the committee has expended £105 in reforming the garden, painting the fences, making a tennis court and lawn, purchasing a lawnmower etc.
      • 1912, O. Henry, Rolling Stoneshere was an ordinary man out of the city directory that subscribes for magazines and pushes the lawnmower in his shirt-sleeves of evenings.
    2. A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.
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