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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

cortador de grama

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cortador de grama

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lawnmower/ˈlɔːnˌmaʊ.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O cortador de grama está sem gasolina."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A machine used for cutting grass on lawns.

    "He pushed the lawnmower across the overgrown backyard."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'lawn' (referring to a managed plot of grass, originating from Middle English 'launde', ultimately from Old French and Celtic roots) combined with the agent noun 'mower', from the verb 'mow' (Old English 'mawan', of Germanic origin). The mechanical apparatus emerged during the 19th century following Edwin Beard Budding's 1830 patent of the first practical machine designed to cut grass on sports grounds and private lawns.

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