gardener

/'gɑ:dnə/

Thân thiện

The gardener waters the colorful flowers in the morning.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person employed to cultivate or maintain a garden: A "gardener" is someone whose job involves working in a garden, performing tasks like planting, weeding, and pruning.
   • A person who tends a garden as a hobby or occupation: A "gardener" is also anyone who takes care of a garden, whether professionally or for personal pleasure.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The estate hired a new gardener to maintain the rose bushes.
  • My grandmother is an excellent gardener; her vegetable patch is always thriving.

Advanced Usage

• "To be a keen gardener": To be a very enthusiastic and dedicated person who gardens.
  • Since retiring, he has become a keen gardener, spending hours in his greenhouse.

Variants and Related Words

• Garden (noun/verb): The piece of land where plants are grown; the activity of cultivating such a land.
  • They have a large garden. She loves to garden on weekends.
• Gardening (noun): The activity of tending and cultivating a garden.
  • Gardening is a relaxing hobby.

Synonyms

• Horticulturist: A person who specializes in garden cultivation and plant science (more formal/scientific).
• Groundskeeper: A person who maintains the grounds of a park, estate, or institution (often a larger area than a typical garden).

Related Phrases

• "Green-fingered gardener" (chiefly British) / "Green-thumbed gardener" (chiefly US): An idiom describing a gardener who is very skilled at making plants grow.
  • Everything she plants flourishes; she's a real green-fingered gardener.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone employed to work in a garden
2. someone who takes care of a garden

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