orchard

CEFRB1

/ˈɔː.tʃəd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A piece of land where fruit trees are grown.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A topographic surname.

Examples

  • The farmer caught the boy stealing the apples in his orchard.

  • I delight in going to the apple orchard each fall.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

  2. A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.