Definition

Noun: 1. Lawn: A flat, open area of land covered with grass that is regularly mowed and maintained, typically around a house, in a park, or in a garden. 2. Green: A stretch of grassy land, often used for recreational purposes (e.g., in a park or on a golf course). 3. Grassland / Meadow: A natural, often larger, area of land where grass is the dominant vegetation; not necessarily cultivated or mowed.

Usage Examples

• The children are playing soccer on the lawn in front of the house.
• Let's have a picnic on that beautiful green in the city park.
• The cows are grazing in the vast grassland.

Advanced Usage

• "bãi cỏ công cộng": public green / public lawn.
  • Many people relax on the public green on weekends.
• "cắt bãi cỏ": to mow the lawn.
  • My father mows the lawn every Sunday morning.

Variants and Related Words

• Cỏ (n): grass.
  • The grass is very green after the rain.
• Thảm cỏ (n): turf; sod (often referring to a cultivated, even layer of grass).
  • They laid new turf for the football field.
• Đồng cỏ (n): pasture; prairie (a large open area of grassland, often used for grazing animals).
  • Wild horses run free across the prairie.

Synonyms

• Lawn: turf, sod (for cultivated areas).
• Grassland: meadow, pasture, field.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• "Như con bò gầy gặp bãi cỏ non" (Like a skinny cow encountering a lush meadow): An idiom describing someone who is extremely eager or in great need when encountering something highly desirable or beneficial.
  • He accepted the job offer like a skinny cow encountering a lush meadow.

noun

1. lawn; green; grass-land