grass plot

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From grass +‎ plot.

Noun

grass plot (plural grass plots)

  1. (US) An area of grass on which cars may be parked.
  2. (US, dated) A lawn.
    Synonym: green plot
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 211:
      Before the bell could be rung, she had stepped through the casement-window, which opened into her little front grassplot, and flown to open the garden door.
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