orchard
Example Sentences
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Up at first light, I stepped out on the porch and stared across the yard, out at the fields, the orchard, and beyond.
From Literature
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Nestled in a valley of lakes and meadows, surrounded by fruit orchards, the cottage was simple, but it was the only place I ever felt truly free, and that was thanks to Babci.
From Literature
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Then he crept out through the orchard and past the home of an English physician who had worked for British intelligence in the war and was letting them use his garage as a listening post.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’m afraid I’m not good on dragons. I know the red-winged, the silver, the yellow, the starlit, the bearded, and the orchard dragon. But the sea is my specialism, not the sky.”
From Literature
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Apples are also among the most heavily treated fruits, with pesticides used in particular to fight apple scab, the main fungal threat to orchards.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.