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tree lawns

tree lawns is the plural of tree lawn.

Meaning of tree lawn

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

Questions about tree lawns

What is tree lawns the plural of?
Tree lawns is the plural of tree lawn.

Words near tree lawns in the dictionary

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

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