garden

[[t]gɑ͟ː(r)d(ə)n[/t]]

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gardens, gardening, gardened

1) N-COUNT In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables.

...the most beautiful garden on Earth.

2) VERB If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting.

Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends.

Derived words:

gardening N-UNCOUNT

I have taken up gardening again.

3) N-PLURAL Gardens are places like a park that have areas of plants, trees, and grass, and that people can visit and walk around.

The Gardens are open from 10.30am until 5pm.

...Kensington Gardens.

4) N-IN-NAMES Gardens is sometimes used as part of the name of a street.

He lives at 9, Acacia Gardens.