meadow

/ˈmɛdoʊ/

/ˈmɛdəʊ/

Other forms: meadows

The noun meadow is another word for a hayfield, but offers a much more picturesque view as an open field of lush grass filled with butterflies and birds, with room to run. It can also refer to a piece of land found along a river.

The word meadow refers to any grassland or hayfield, often just an expansive area that should be mowed. Indeed, the word comes from the Old English word mæd from the Germanic mædwon the base of which means “mow.” Still, the bucolic feeling is retained, as Dale Carnegie put it: “Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest."

Definitions of meadow

1. noun

   a field where grass or alfalfa is grown to be made into hay
   synonyms: hayfield

   type of:

   grassland

   land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life