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mower

UK/ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)//ˈmoʊ.ɚ/

mower noun: a lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.

Noun

mower (plural mowers)

  1. A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
  2. A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).
  3. A person who cuts grass.
    • They especially liked to be with the mowers in the hay-making season, seating themselves, greatly to their satisfaction, on the long thick branch of a maple-tree, among the dense foliage.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 93
  4. One who mows (makes grimaces).
    • moppers and mowers

Proper noun capitalized: Mower

Mower

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a mower of hay.

mower meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

mower in Tamil

கத்தியில்லாத புல்வெட்டி, புல்வெட்டு

mower in Urdu

گھسیار, کاٹنے والا

mower in Bengali

ঘাস কাটার যন্ত্র

Examples of mower in a sentence

  • This mulching mower can easily be converted to a bagging mower.
  • If you mow regularly, a mulching mower will be beneficial to your lawn.
  • Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

All 19 example sentences with mower

Forms of mower

Noun
pluralmowers
Proper noun
alternative formMawer
alternative formMowers

Plural of mower: mowers

Origin of mower

From Middle English mowere, equivalent to mow + -er.

Words formed from mower

Words that rhyme with mower

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Questions about mower

What does mower mean?
Mower means a lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
What is mower in Tamil?
Mower in Tamil is கத்தியில்லாத புல்வெட்டி, புல்வெட்டு. See Mower meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mower?
Mower can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mower?
Mower is pronounced /ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of mower?
The plural of mower is mowers.

Words near mower in the dictionary

  1. mowed
  2. mowed down
  3. Mowell
  4. Mowells
  5. Mowen
  6. mower
  7. Mower County
  8. mower-conditioner
  9. mower-conditioners
  10. mowerless
  11. mowers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mower (page history and authors); Mower (page history and authors); mower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mower (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mower (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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