Definition of "lawn mower" [lawn mower]

• A machine with a rotating blade for cutting grass. (noun)

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• "From the chopper's armored cockpit, Delta-One watched his rotors tear into the sub's cable like a giant lawn mower running over a steel chain."
• "It was so quiet that the sounds of the warm October afternoon outside could be heard: birds singing, a lawn mower humming, and the laughter of little, snotty-nosed kids playing."