orchard

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English

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An apple orchard.
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Etymology

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From Middle English orchard, orcherd, from Old English orċeard, ortġeard, a compound of *ort (probably from Proto-Germanic *urtiz, a dissimilated variant of Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“wort (plant)”), later incorrectly associated with Latin hortus (“garden”)) + ġeard (see yard). Cognate with Swedish örtagård (“herb garden”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards, “orchard”), Old High German orzōn (“to cultivate a field”). Equivalent to wort +‎ yard. More at root.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orchard (plural orchards)

  1. A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
    Synonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet
    • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
      […] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, […]
  2. The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

Hyponyms

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  • olive grove
  • Note: most hyponyms are transparent combinations of [fruit] + "orchard". For example, apple orchard, peach orchard, walnut orchard, etc.

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