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tree lawn

tree lawn noun: a strip of unpaved land, especially if planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually between the sidewalk and street.

tree lawn: a strip of unpaved land, especially if planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually...
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Noun

tree lawn (plural tree lawns)

  1. (especially Upper Midwestern US) A strip of unpaved land, especially if planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually between the sidewalk and street.
    • Detached sidewalks generally occur in residential areas and are normally separated from the curb by a tree lawn.1998, D. Gail Abbey, U.S. Landscape Ordinances: An Annotated Reference Handbook
    Synonyms:
    berm, besidewalk, boulevard, boulevard strip, city easement, common, county strip, curb lawn, curb strip, devil strip/devil's strip/devilstrip

Synonyms of tree lawn

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Forms of tree lawn

pluraltree lawns
alternative formtreelawn

Questions about tree lawn

What does tree lawn mean?
Tree lawn means a strip of unpaved land, especially if planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually between the sidewalk and street.
What part of speech is tree lawn?
Tree lawn is a noun.
What is the plural of tree lawn?
The plural of tree lawn is tree lawns.

Words near tree lawn in the dictionary

  1. tree kangaroos
  2. tree kernel
  3. tree kernels
  4. tree kingfisher
  5. tree kingfishers
  6. tree lawn
  7. tree lawns
  8. tree line
  9. tree lines
  10. tree lizard
  11. tree lizards

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