adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to art of topiaries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
topiary
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UK: /ˈtəʊpjəɹi/
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General-American: /ˈtoʊpiˌɛəɹi/
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CMU ARPABET: T OW1 P IY0 EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a tree or shrub, trimmed in artistic shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
Art or practice of trimming shrubs or trees in artistic or ornamental shapes, e.g. of animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A garden decorated with such art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
One such shrub or tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- We have topiaries for sale.
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noun
Meaning 6
making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: art, artistic creation, artistic production
noun
Meaning 7
a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: garden
History
Etymology
From Latin topiarius (“of or relating to ornamental gardening; an ornamental garden, an ornamental gardener”), from Latin topia (“ornamental gardening, landscape painting”), from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia, “artistic representation in which natural or artificial features of a place are used as the medium”), plural of Ancient Greek τόπιον (tópion, “field, landscape”), from τόπος (tópos, “place”). The adjective use dates to 1592, the noun use dates to 1908.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: muotoonleikkaus- — relating to the art of topiaries
- French: topiaire — relating to the art of topiaries
- Greek: φυτογλυπτικός (fytoglyptikós) — relating to the art of topiaries
- Greek: φυτογλυπτική (fytoglyptikí) — relating to the art of topiaries
- Greek: φυτογλυπτικό (fytoglyptikó) — relating to the art of topiaries
- Greek: κηπογλυπτικός (kipoglyptikós) — relating to the art of topiaries
- Greek: κηπογλυπτική (kipoglyptikí) — relating to the art of topiaries
- Greek: κηπογλυπτικό (kipoglyptikó) — relating to the art of topiaries
- Welsh: tocweithiol — relating to the art of topiaries
- Finnish: muotoonleikattu — trimmed in artistic shape
- Catalan: art topiària — art or practice
- Czech: tvarování keřů a stromů — art or practice
- Finnish: muotoonleikkaus — art or practice
- German: Formschnittgärtnerei — art or practice
- Greek: φυτογλυπτική (fytoglyptikí) — art or practice
- Greek: κηπογλυπτική (kipoglyptikí) — art or practice
- Irish: tordhearadh — art or practice
- Welsh: tocwaith — art or practice
- Finnish: muotoonleikattu pensas — shrub
- French: topiaire — shrub
- Greek: φυτόγλυπτο (fytóglypto) — shrub