orchard
See also: Orchard
English
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Etymology
From Middle English orchard, orcherd, from Old English orċeard, ortġeard, a compound of *ort (probably from Proto-Germanic *urtiz, a dissimilated variant of Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“wort (plant)”), later incorrectly associated with Latin hortus (“garden”)) + ġeard (see yard). Cognate with Swedish örtagård (“herb garden”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards, “orchard”), Old High German orzōn (“to cultivate a field”). Equivalent to wort + yard. More at root.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: or‧chard
Noun
orchard (plural orchards)
- A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
- Synonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- […] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, […]
- The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
Derived terms
- Cherry Orchard
- cottage orchard
- creationist orchard
- Euclid's orchard
- High Orchard
- marble orchard
- orchard bush
- orcharded
- orchard grass
- orchard harrow
- orchard heater
- orchard house
- orchard-house
- orcharding
- orchardist
- orchardman
- orchard mason bee
- orchard oriole
- orchard-planting problem
- orchard problem
- orchard tower
- orchard valve
- orchard visibility problem
- sap orchard
- seed orchard
- sugar orchard
- there are bad apples in every orchard
Translations
land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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the trees in an orchard
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