tree lawn
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See also: treelawn
English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
tree lawn (plural tree lawns)
- (Upper Midwestern US) A strip of unpaved land planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually between the sidewalk and street.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verge
- 1998, D. Gail Abbey, U.S. Landscape Ordinances: An Annotated Reference Handbook[1]:
- Detached sidewalks generally occur in residential areas and are normally separated from the curb by a tree lawn.
Usage notes[edit]
Designation of this area varies significantly from dialect to dialect; some dialects and idiolects do not include a term for this area,[1] and instead use a circumlocution.[2] The most common designations are planting strip, parking strip, nature strip and tree lawn.
Translations[edit]
grassy area between sidewalk and street
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References[edit]
- ^ The triumph of slang (dead link) , John A. C. Greppin, 2002-02-01
- ^ Full Metal Racket: The perverse thrill of metal detecting, the world's worst hobby., by Emily Yoffe, Slate, 2003-08-18, refers to the area as “the grassy strip that runs along the street side of many D.C. sidewalks”.