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Definition of "paddock" [pad•dock]

  • A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses. (noun)
  • Sports An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race. (noun)
  • Sports An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race. (noun)
  • Australian A piece of fenced-in land. (noun)
  • To confine in a paddock. (verb-transitive)

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.

Use "paddock" in a sentence
  • "The paddock is set amid elms, maples, and vendors of sugary confections."
  • "The tree in the paddock is so loaded down with Bramleys, the branches are bending halfway to the ground."
  • "Perhaps the first land fenced was too small to be called a field; the word paddock was extended in reference as more land was fenced and field is seldom heard as a topographical term in Australia."