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gnomery

gnomery noun: a place set aside for the display of garden gnomes.

Noun

gnomery (countable and uncountable, plural gnomeries)

  1. (countable) A place set aside for the display of garden gnomes.
    • His gnomery at Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, lasted until the second world war, when soldiers used the ceramic inhabitants for target practice.2012, Ruth Petrie, Notes from the Garden
  2. (uncountable) The craft of displaying and arranging garden gnomes.

Forms of gnomery

pluralgnomeries

Origin of gnomery

From gnome + -ery.

Questions about gnomery

What does gnomery mean?
Gnomery means a place set aside for the display of garden gnomes.
What part of speech is gnomery?
Gnomery is a noun.
What is the plural of gnomery?
The plural of gnomery is gnomeries.

Words near gnomery in the dictionary

  1. gnomekind
  2. gnomelike
  3. gnomenapping
  4. gnomenappings
  5. gnomeries
  6. gnomery
  7. gnomes
  8. gnomes of Zurich
  9. gnomes of Zürich
  10. gnomesayin
  11. gnomess

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