Definition of "garden" []

• A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit. (noun)
• Grounds laid out with flowers, trees, and ornamental shrubs and used for recreation or display. Often used in the plural: public gardens; a botanical garden. (noun)
• A yard or lawn. (noun)
• A fertile, well-cultivated region. (noun)
• An open-air establishment where refreshments are served. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He claims that ˜five foot garden hose™ is an individuative term since no part of it is a five foot garden hose, but ˜garden hose™ is not individuative."
• "An elderly waiter with trembling hands was hurriedly spreading a pink and white checked cloth over the rusty green iron table, saying: “If the lady and gentleman wish to take their tea in the garden, if the lady and gentleman wish to take their tea in the garden…"
• ""_And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and A dam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden_.""