vegetable garden
Definition
Noun: A small plot of land, often part of a home garden, dedicated to the cultivation of edible plants such as vegetables, herbs, and sometimes fruits.
Usage
A "vegetable garden" is a specific area set aside for growing food crops. It is typically smaller than a farm and is often managed for personal or family use.
Examples
- We get fresh tomatoes and lettuce from our vegetable garden.
- She spends her mornings weeding and watering the vegetable garden.
- The community center has a large vegetable garden that supplies the local food bank.
Advanced Usage
- "Kitchen garden": A traditional term, often synonymous with "vegetable garden," emphasizing its use for supplying a household kitchen.
- The estate's historic kitchen garden has been restored.
- The concept can be extended metaphorically to describe a place or situation where things grow in a controlled or productive manner.
- The university's research department is a vegetable garden for new ideas.
Variants and Related Words
- Allotment (noun, chiefly British): A small plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers.
- Plot (noun): A small piece of ground, especially one used for a specific purpose like gardening.
- Produce garden (noun): A less common term with a similar meaning, sometimes including fruit trees and bushes.
Synonyms
- Kitchen garden
- Potager (from French, denotes a formal vegetable garden, often ornamental)
- Produce plot
Related Phrases
- To tend a vegetable garden: To take care of it by watering, weeding, etc.
- He enjoys tending his vegetable garden on weekends.
- To cultivate a vegetable garden: To prepare and use land for growing vegetables.
- They are cultivating a vegetable garden in their backyard.
Related Idioms
- To have a green thumb: To have a natural talent for gardening. (While not specific to vegetable gardens, it is a common idiom associated with successful gardeners).
- Everything she plants grows beautifully; she really has a green thumb.
Noun
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a small garden where vegetables are grown
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