Meaning & use

orchard

noun·Everyday

A piece of land planted with fruit trees, often enclosed and carefully tended.

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We picked baskets of apples from the orchard behind the farmhouse.

The old orchard produced pears, plums, and cherries every summer.

A note on using this word

Orchard specifically implies fruit trees; a plot of vegetables would instead be called a garden or field.

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