lawnmower
(lɔːnmoʊəʳ ) also lawn mower
Word forms: lawnmowers
countable noun
A lawnmower is a machine for cutting grass on lawns.
All they needed was a robot lawnmower.
Image of lawnmower
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Collocations:
lawnmower engine
But they found his bar stool was powered by a lawnmower engine - and capable of doing 38mph.
The Sun
And to reach his lofty eyrie, you had to get into a rickety lift that felt as if it was being operated by a lawnmower engine.
Times, Sunday Times
Apart from sharing the diesel's use of compression ignition, their construction has more in common with a small two-stroke motorcycle or lawnmower engine.
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The robot had a shell made from a wok and was spun by a lawnmower engine.
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His interest in motorcycles began at the age of nine, when his father gave him a small motorbike powered by a lawnmower engine.
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Translations:
Chinese: 剪草机
Japanese: 芝刈り機
- give someone hell
- give someone or something a wide berth
- give someone or something the flick
- give someone the benefit of the doubt
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give someone their head
- give someone the nod
- give someone the once-over
- give someone the rough side of your tongue
- give someone the runaround
- give someone the silent treatment
- give someone the third degree
- give someone to understand
- give something a whirl
- give something or someone the once-over
- give something the thumbs down
- give something the thumbs up
- give something your best shot
- give something your best shot
- give so the bird
- give sth a miss
- give sth a rest
- give sth a wide berth
- give sth a wide berth
- give support