lawn mower

NOUN

machine for cutting grass

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mower

WEAK

cutter grass cutter push mower riding mower trimmer

Example Sentences

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Last compared managing agents to powering a lawn mower: crank it long enough and it starts running on its own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Indianna Winchester, 28, competed in motocross when she was younger but when her brothers started a lawn mower team, she could not resist getting involved.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

"Adult hedgehogs tended to react more shyly. Also, the tested hedgehogs generally behaved less boldly when they encountered a robotic lawn mower for a second time," says Rasmussen.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

Nov 16 - Britain's Paul Swift has spent most of his life on two wheels - starting with the garden lawn mower.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

“Okay,” he said, and went outside to start up the lawn mower.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt