Meadow, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 658
Housing Units (2000): 236
Land area (2000): 1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47316
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.338336 N, 102.207772 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79345
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Meadow, TX Meadow

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Meadow, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 254
Housing Units (2000): 124
Land area (2000): 0.495077 sq. miles (1.282244 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.495077 sq. miles (1.282244 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48830
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 38.886764 N, 112.406698 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Meadow, UT Meadow

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Meadow \Mead"ow\, n. [AS. meady; akin to m[=ae]d, and to G. matte; prob. also to E. mow. See Mow to cut (grass), and cf. 2d Mead.]

1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay. [1913 Webster]

2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow ground." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]

Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.

Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass (Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes.

Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]

Meadow hen. (Zool.)
   (a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
   (b) The American coot (Fulica).
   (c) The clapper rail.

Meadow mouse (Zool.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called also field mouse, and field vole.

Meadow mussel (Zool.), an American ribbed mussel (Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt marshes.

Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.

Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.

Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.

Meadow pipit (Zool.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.

Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.

Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.

Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.

Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe (Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.

Meadow snipe (Zool.), the common or jack snipe. [1913 Webster] meadowgrass

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "meadow": baygall, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, buffalo wallow, campo, everglade, fen, fenland, field, glade, grass, grass veld, grassland, grazing, haugh, haughland, hog wallow, holm, lea, llano, marais, marish, marsh, marshland, mead, meadow land, mere, mire, moor, moorland, morass, moss, mud, mud flat, pampa, pampas, park, pasturage, pasture, pasture land, peat bog, prairie, quagmire, quicksand, range, salt marsh, savanna, slob land, slough, sough, steppe, steppeland, sump, swale, swamp, swampland, taiga, vega, veld, wallow, wash

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

meadow

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Meadow \Mead"ow\, n. [AS. meady; akin to m[=ae]d, and to G. matte; prob. also to E. mow. See Mow to cut (grass), and cf. 2d Mead.]

1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.

2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. ``Fat meadow ground.'' --Milton.

Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary.

Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.

Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass (Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes.

Meadow grass (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus Poa, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See Grass.

Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]

Meadow hen. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
   (b) The American coot (Fulica).
   (c) The clapper rail.

Meadow lark (Zo["o]l.), any species of Sturnella, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species (S. magna) has a yellow breast with a black crescent.

Meadow mouse (Zo["o]l.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as the common American species A. riparia; -- called also field mouse, and field vole.

Meadow mussel (Zo["o]l.), an American ribbed mussel (Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt marshes.

Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.

Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.

Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.

Meadow pipit (Zo["o]l.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as A. pratensis, of Europe.

Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.

Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.

Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.

Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe (Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.

Meadow snipe (Zo["o]l.), the common or jack snipe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)