English

An engine powered walk-behind lawnmower.

Alternative forms

• lawn mower

Noun

lawnmower ‎(plural lawnmowers)

1. A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

   We replaced our old electric lawnmower with a new cordless one.

   • 1877, Queensland. Dept. of Public Instruction, Report of the Secretary for Public Instruction

     It is only a small school, but this year the committee has expended £105 in reforming the garden, painting the fences, making a tennis court and lawn, purchasing a lawnmower etc.

   • 1912, O. Henry, Rolling Stones

     here was an ordinary man out of the city directory that subscribes for magazines and pushes the lawnmower in his shirt-sleeves of evenings.

2. A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.

   We hired a third lawnmower for the spring and summer.

Hyponyms

• push mower, riding mower

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