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How to pronounce greensward in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sod, sward, turf
Type of ground, land, soil
Has types divot

Examples of greensward

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At some stage everyone lost their skills or compass on the greensward in Edinburgh.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Further North there's an immaculately kept public greensward and then the Bath Road.
From the getreading.co.uk
What was once abandoned is now tailored open space, gardens and greensward.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This broad greensward with the Kingston swamp in its centre separates the two long boulevards.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More babies tumbled blithely on the immemorial greensward.
From the independent.co.uk
The boxy warehouses of Yonkers give way to the leafy greensward of Hastings-on-Hudson, and we disembark.
From the lohud.com
You are lying prone on the greensward, staring glassily up at the night sky, which is staring back at you.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sheep are more intelligent than grass or that haecceity of the writer which manures the greensward.
From the guardian.co.uk
Three years later, community meetings were held to discuss how to turn the accidental greensward into an enticing park.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Turf: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
  • Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. ...
  • Land that is green with grass