Definition: meadow

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

meadow
     n : a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
         [syn: hayfield]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meadow \Mead"ow\, n. [AS. meady; akin to m[=ae]d, and to G.
   matte; prob. also to E. mow. See Mow to cut (grass), and
   cf. 2d Mead.]
   1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown
      for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.

   2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near
      rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt
      meadows near Newark Bay.

Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
   produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. ``Fat meadow
   ground.'' --Milton.

   Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
         the particular word in the Vocabulary.

   Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.

   Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
      (Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with
      softer spikes.

   Meadow grass (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the
      genus Poa, common in meadows, and of great value for nay
      and for pasture. See Grass.

   Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
      uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
      bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
      

   Meadow hen. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
   (b) The American coot (Fulica).
   (c) The clapper rail.

   Meadow lark (Zo["o]l.), any species of Sturnella, a genus
      of American birds allied to the starlings. The common
      species (S. magna) has a yellow breast with a black
      crescent.

   Meadow mouse (Zo["o]l.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola,
      as the common American species A. riparia; -- called
      also field mouse, and field vole.

   Meadow mussel (Zo["o]l.), an American ribbed mussel
      (Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt marshes.

   Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.

   Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.

   Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.

   Meadow pipit (Zo["o]l.), a small singing bird of the genus
      Anthus, as A. pratensis, of Europe.

   Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
      Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white
      flowers. There are many species.

   Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.

   Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.

   Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
      (Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.

   Meadow snipe (Zo["o]l.), the common or jack snipe.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Meadow, SD
  Zip code(s): 57644
Meadow, TX (town, FIPS 47316)
  Location: 33.33823 N, 102.20620 W
  Population (1990): 547 (212 housing units)
  Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 79345
Meadow, UT (town, FIPS 48830)
  Location: 38.88680 N, 112.40593 W
  Population (1990): 250 (122 housing units)
  Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Meadow
   (1.) Heb. ha'ahu (Gen. 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word
   transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed or water-plant. In
   the Revised Version it is rendered "reed-grass", i.e., the sedge
   or rank grass by the river side.
   
     (2.) Heb. ma'areh (Judg. 20:33), pl., "meadows of Gibeah"
   (R.V., after the LXX., "Maareh-geba"). Some have adopted the
   rendering "after Gibeah had been left open." The Vulgate
   translates the word "from the west."