orchard
nounEtymology
From Middle English orchard, orcherd, from Old English orċeard, ortġeard, a compound of *ort (probably from Proto-Germanic *urtiz, a dissimilated variant of Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“wort (plant)”), later incorrectly associated with unrelated Latin hortus (“garden”)) + ġeard (see hortyard and yard, which ironically is etymologically linked with hortus). Cognate with Swedish örtagård (“herb garden”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards, “orchard”), Old High German orzōn (“to cultivate a field”). Equivalent to wort + yard. More at root.
Definitions
A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
A topographic surname.
The neighborhood
- neighborolive grove
Derived
Cherry Orchard, cottage orchard, creationist orchard, Euclid's orchard, High Orchard, Indian Orchard, jack-up-the-orchard, marble orchard, Old Orchard Beach, Orchard Brae, orchard bush, Orchard City, orcharded, orcharder, orchardful, orchardgrass, orchard harrow, orchard heater, orchard house, orchard-house, orcharding, orchardist, orchardless, orchardlike, orchardman, orchard mason bee, orchard oriole, orchard-planting problem, orchard problem, orchard tower, orchard valve, orchard visibility problem, orchardy, sap orchard, seed orchard, sugar orchard, there are bad apples in every orchard
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA