kitchen garden
/'kitʃin'gɑ:dən/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A small garden where vegetables are grown: A "kitchen garden" is a small plot of land, often located near a house, dedicated to growing vegetables, herbs, and sometimes fruits for household consumption.
Usage
- The term "kitchen garden" specifically refers to a practical, functional garden intended to supply fresh produce for a home kitchen. It emphasizes utility and self-sufficiency rather than ornamental design.
- It is typically a small-scale, managed plot.
Examples
- Noun:
- My grandmother grows tomatoes, lettuce, and herbs in her kitchen garden.
- We planted a kitchen garden in our backyard to have fresh vegetables all summer.
Advanced Usage
- "Potager garden": This is a formal or decorative style of kitchen garden that combines vegetables, herbs, and flowers in an aesthetically pleasing design. While a "potager" is a type of kitchen garden, the core term "kitchen garden" itself does not inherently imply this decorative style.
- Their kitchen garden is designed as a beautiful potager with geometric beds.
Variants and Related Words
- Vegetable garden (n): A garden for growing vegetables; this is a very close synonym for "kitchen garden."
- Allotment (n, chiefly British): A small plot of land rented for growing vegetables or flowers.
- Herb garden (n): A garden specifically for cultivating herbs, which may be part of or separate from a kitchen garden.
Synonyms
- Vegetable plot: A small area of ground used for growing vegetables.
- Produce garden: A garden focused on yielding edible produce.
Related Phrases
- "From garden to table": A phrase emphasizing the short journey of food from a home garden (like a kitchen garden) to being served as a meal.
- Our dinners feature ingredients from our kitchen garden, truly from garden to table.
Related Idioms
- "To live off the land": To sustain oneself by growing one's own food, hunting, or foraging. Maintaining a productive kitchen garden is one way to partially live off the land.
- With a large kitchen garden and some chickens, they almost live off the land.
Noun
- a small garden where vegetables are grown