often attributive
: land that is covered or mostly covered with grass
wildflowers blooming in the meadow
especially
: a tract of moist low-lying usually level grassland
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Along the Lamar River, the meadows teem with bison and the wide-open skies yield uninterrupted views of the surrounding peaks.
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Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 2 June 2025
The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
To turn prairie meadows into self-storage facilities.
—Michael Hodges, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
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Seventeen years later, terrorists again attacked innocent people, killing more than two dozen Hindu tourists on April 22 in a scenic Kashmir meadow.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 2 June 2025
The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
To turn prairie meadows into self-storage facilities.
—Michael Hodges, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
What About Gracie Abrams? 5 State Parks That Feel Like National Parks
Seventeen years later, terrorists again attacked innocent people, killing more than two dozen Hindu tourists on April 22 in a scenic Kashmir meadow.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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“Meadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meadow. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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meadow
noun
mead·ow
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: an area of moist low usually level grassland
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