orchard

4 definitions found

orchard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Orchard \Or"chard\, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard,
     i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort,
     Yard inclosure.]
     1. A garden. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit
        trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples,
        peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less
        frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass (Dactylis  glomerata
        ), introduced into the United States from
        Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value
        for forage and hay.
  
     Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit
        trees are reared in pots.
  
     Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole
        (Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is
        smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
        [1913 Webster]

orchard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  orchard
      n 1: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without
           undergrowth [syn: grove, woodlet, orchard,
           plantation]

orchard - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Orchard, CO
    Zip code(s): 80649
  Orchard, IA (city, FIPS 59520)
    Location: 43.22702 N, 92.77437 W
    Population (1990): 93 (38 housing units)
    Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50460
  Orchard, NE (village, FIPS 37210)
    Location: 42.33603 N, 98.24122 W
    Population (1990): 439 (218 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68764
  Orchard, TX (town, FIPS 54192)
    Location: 29.60304 N, 95.96874 W
    Population (1990): 373 (144 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

orchard - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "orchard":
     arable land, barnyard, barton, bocage, bosk, cattle ranch,
     chicken farm, collective farm, coppice, copse, cotton plantation,
     croft, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, dry farm, dude ranch,
     factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace,
     farmstead, farmyard, fruit farm, fur farm, grain farm, grange,
     grassland, grove, hacienda, holt, homecroft, homefarm, homestead,
     hurst, kibbutz, kolkhoz, location, mains, manor farm, pasture, pen,
     plantation, poultry farm, ranch, rancheria, rancho, shaw,
     sheep farm, spinney, station, steading, stock farm, toft, tope,
     truck farm, wood lot, woodlet