Topiary

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
  • n. Topiary work or art.
  • n. A topiary garden.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. In the manner of a topiary.
  • adj. Of, or relating to art of topiaries.
  • n. A garden decorated with shrubs which have been trimmed in artistic shapes, often of animals.
  • n. One such shrub or tree.
  • n. Topiary gardening.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In gardening, clipped or cut into ornamental shapes; also, of or pertaining to such trimming. Topiary work is the clipping and trimming of trees and shrubs into regular or fantastic shapes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
  • n. making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    arborsculpture    espalier    bonsai   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    topiarian   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sticky-up    zrilm    botanic    evermore    wearie    pageboy    Catch-22    nut tree    snow-laden    vpper