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village green

village green noun: a patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times.

Noun

village green (plural village greens)

  1. (UK) A patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times.
    • On May Day, the villagers used to dance around a maypole on the village green.
    • Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 194, about Gainford, Co. Durham

Forms of village green

pluralvillage greens

Questions about village green

What does village green mean?
Village green means a patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times.
What part of speech is village green?
Village green is a noun.
What is the plural of village green?
The plural of village green is village greens.

Words near village green in the dictionary

  1. village cart
  2. village carts
  3. village elder
  4. village fair
  5. village fairs
  6. village green
  7. village greens
  8. village hall
  9. village halls
  10. village idiot
  11. village idiots

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