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Green ɡriːn Eat Grass Noun Bre Countryside Spring

Word green
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ɡriːn / NAmE / ɡriːn /
Example
  • the green of the countryside in spring
  • the room was decorated in a combination of greens and blues.
  • she was dressed all in green.
  • eat up your greens.
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green

(noun)BrE / ɡriːn / NAmE / ɡriːn /
  1. the colour of grass and the leaves of most plants and trees
    • the green of the countryside in spring
    • The room was decorated in a combination of greens and blues.
    • She was dressed all in green.
  2. green vegetables
    • Eat up your greens.
    • It’s important to eat fresh greens every day.
  3. an area of grass, especially in the middle of a town or village
    • Children were playing on the village green.
  4. an area of grass cut short around a hole on a golf course
    • see also bowling green
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bowling-green
    • the 18th green
    • Did the ball land on the green?
  5. the Green Party (= the party whose main aim is the protection of the environment)
  6. Word Origin

    • Old English grēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow.
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