orchard
orchard — noun
1. an area planted with rows of fruit or nut trees grown for food
an area planted with rows of fruit or nut trees grown for food
We picked apples all morning in the orchard behind Ken's house.
pick fruit in an orchard
A narrow road runs past the pear orchard near the village.
collocation: pear orchard
The farmer planted young trees to expand the orchard this spring.
After school, Maya sold peaches from her family's orchard by the gate.
Snow covered the orchard, and every branch looked white at dawn.
- grove
can mean a small group or planting of trees, not only fruit trees
- garden
broader and usually smaller, and not mainly for rows of crop trees
- plantation
more formal and often suggests a larger business growing one crop
- farm
much broader, covering the whole property rather than just the tree area
文法句型
apple orchard
walk through an orchard
work in an orchard
用法筆記
Usually countable. It often follows the kind of tree, as in apple orchard or walnut orchard. Distinguish from garden: an orchard is mainly for growing trees as a crop.