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mower

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈməʊ.ə(ɹ)//
  • United States//ˈmoʊ.ɚ//

A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.

noun

  1. 1

    A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.

  2. 2

    A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).

  3. 3

    A person who cuts grass.

    They especially liked to be with the mowers in the hay-making season, seating themselves, greatly to their satisfaction, on the long thick branch of a maple-tree, among the dense foliage.

  4. 4

    One who mows (makes grimaces).

    moppers and mowers

Etymology

From Middle English mowere, equivalent to mow + -er.

Forms

plural
mowers
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).