meadow

noun

mead·​ow ˈme-(ˌ)dō 

often attributive

: land that is covered or mostly covered with grass

wildflowers blooming in the meadow

especially : a tract of moist low-lying usually level grassland

meadowy

ˈme-də-wē 

adjective

Examples of meadow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advertisement Oak Flat Campground Oak Flat Campground has 20 sites situated around a nice small meadow shaded by several oak trees. —Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024

Goehring suggests strolling through the meadows and along the river to fully appreciate the park's beauty. —Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024

Taneytown’s newest nature park, featuring a 2-acre pollinator meadow, a meditation garden and fishing spots at Piney Run Creek, opened to the public on Saturday. —Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024

Hike in a Flower Field After the winter snow melts, the Rocky Mountain town of Crested Butte, Colo., comes alive when miles of colorful wildflowers blanket its meadows. —Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English medwe, medowe "grassland kept for hay, pasture field," going back to Old English mǣdwe, oblique singular case form of mǣd, going back to West Germanic *mēdwō- (whence also Old Frisian mēde "pasture, meadow," Middle Dutch māde, mēde), noun derivative from the verbal base *mē- "reap, mow" — more at mow entry 2

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing meadow

• meadow beauty
• meadow fescue
• meadow grass
• meadow mushroom
• meadow nematode
• meadow rue
• meadow saffron
• meadow spittlebug
• meadow vole
• water meadow

Kids Definition

meadow

noun

mead·​ow ˈmed-ō 

: an area of moist low usually level grassland