motor mower
Noun: A machine used for cutting grass on lawns, powered by a gasoline engine. It is a type of lawn mower distinguished by its self-contained motor, which provides the power to rotate the cutting blade(s), eliminating the need for manual pushing force to cut.
The term "motor mower" specifies the power source of the mower. It is used to distinguish this type from manual reel mowers or electric mowers. - After years of using a push reel mower, he upgraded to a motor mower to handle his larger lawn. - The noise from the neighbor's motor mower made it difficult to have a conversation outside.
- The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) to describe other related nouns.
- He needed a new motor mower blade.
- In some contexts, "motor mower" is synonymous with "power mower," though "power mower" can sometimes include electric models.
- Lawn mower (n): The general category of machines for cutting grass. A motor mower is a type of lawn mower.
- Power mower (n): A lawn mower powered by a motor (either gasoline or electric). "Motor mower" often implies a gasoline engine.
- Riding mower (n): A motor mower that the operator rides on.
- Push mower (n): This can refer to a manual mower or, sometimes confusingly, to a motor mower that is not self-propelled (requiring the user to push it, though the motor powers the blade).
- Gasoline mower
- Power mower (in contexts specifying gasoline engines)
The core meaning is a lawn mower with a gasoline engine. It does not specify whether the machine is self-propelled (driving its own wheels) or just a "push" type where the motor only turns the blade. The defining feature is the source of cutting power.
- a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor