tree lawn

See also: treelawn

English
The tree-lined grassy area to the right is a tree lawn

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Noun

tree lawn (plural tree lawns)

  1. (Upper Midwestern US) A strip of unpaved land planted with trees, running alongside a street, usually between the sidewalk and street.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verge
    • 1998, D. Gail Abbey, U.S. Landscape Ordinances: An Annotated Reference Handbook‎:
      Detached sidewalks generally occur in residential areas and are normally separated from the curb by a tree lawn.

Usage notes

Designation of this area varies significantly from dialect to dialect; some dialects and idiolects do not include a term for this area,[1] and instead use a circumlocution.[2] The most common designations are planting strip, parking strip, nature strip and tree lawn.

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References
  1. The triumph of slang (dead link) , John A. C. Greppin, 2002-02-01
  2. Full Metal Racket: The perverse thrill of metal detecting, the world's worst hobby., by Emily Yoffe, Slate, 2003-08-18, refers to the area as “the grassy strip that runs along the street side of many D.C. sidewalks”.
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