GREENSWARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greensward mean? 

• GREENSWARD (noun)
  The noun GREENSWARD has 1 sense:

1. surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

  Familiarity information: GREENSWARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENSWARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

greensward; sod; sward; turf

Hypernyms ("greensward" is a kind of...):

ground; land; soil (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greensward"):

divot (a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club))

 Context examples 

There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

We had broken suddenly into a lovely glade of greensward surrounded by ancient trees.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

About half a mile beyond Highbury, making a sudden turn, and deeply shaded by elms on each side, it became for a considerable stretch very retired; and when the young ladies had advanced some way into it, they had suddenly perceived at a small distance before them, on a broader patch of greensward by the side, a party of gipsies.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)