meadow

Meanings

Plural: meadows

Noun

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

Verb

To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-.
See also West Frisian miede, dialectal Dutch made, dialectal German Matte (“mountain pasture”); also Welsh medi, Latin metō, Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “reaping”). More at mow.

Synonyms

hayfield, lea, leigh

Scrabble Score: 12

meadow is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
meadow is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
meadow is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

meadow is a valid Words With Friends word