market gardenˌmarket ˈgarden noun [countable] British English 
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Thesaurus- In addition, an expanding Kingston required increasing amounts of fruit and market garden produce which are currently the main products.
- In particular, millions of pounds of market garden produce will be destroyed by dust during the construction period.
- It was built without delay, a short distance into Tennison Road, alongside a small market garden.
- Now they use them for arable cash crops and special market garden crops.
- The market garden is managed on a shared basis, as are the bees, whose honey is sold in the shop.
- The island of Porto Santo grows cereals, vines, figs, market garden produce, melons and pumpkins.
- The warm spring climate makes it possible to produce early market garden crops before those in other parts of Britain.
THESAURUS► farm
an area of land where vegetables and fruit are grown so that they can be sold SYN truck farm American English—market gardener noun [countable] an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals: · a 300-hectare farm· a dairy farm· a sheep farm
► ranch a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred: · a cattle ranch in Wyoming
► smallholding British English a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm: · a smallholding used for organic farming
► plantation a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown: · a rubber plantation· a tea plantation
► homestead a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments: · He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.
► spread American English informal an area of land used for farming or ranching: · They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.
► market garden an area of land, often with greenhouses on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit: · He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.
► orchard an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit: · an apple orchard· cherry orchards
► allotment British English a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent: · We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.
► agriculture the practice of farming: · More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
► arable adjective relating to growing crops: · a lack of arable land
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