Meadow

What “Meadow” means

Noun

1. A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to be mown for hay or to be grazed.
2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

Verb

1. To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow. Cognates Cognate with Yola mead (“meadow”), Saterland Frisian Mäid (“meadow”), West Frisian miede (“meadow”), Dutch made (“hayland, meadow”), German Matte (“meadow”); also Cornish mysi (“to harvest; to mow”), Welsh medi (“to reap”), Latin metō (“to harvest, reap; to cut; to mow”), Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”).

Business name ideas with “Meadow”

Industries where “Meadow” fits

We suggest this word for 16 business types and industries, including:

• Farm
• Cotton Ginning
• Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine
• Farm Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders
• Farm Management Services
• Finfish Fishing
• Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products
• Hunting and Trapping
• Logging
• Other Marine Fishing
• Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)
• Shellfish Fishing
• Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
• Support Activities for Animal Production
• Support Activities for Forestry
• Timber Tract Operations