Meanings
plural market gardens · alternative market-garden
- UKA garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.
Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.
1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 51 more example
Although the house is lonely it is on the electric tram route. You know the sort of market garden rurality that about a dozen miles out of London offers—alternate bricks and cabbages.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max CarradosSynonyms: truck garden
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.
Translations
Catalan horta
- hortaa garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Dutch tuinderij
- tuinderija garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Finnish kauppapuutarha
- kauppapuutarhaa garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
French maraichage
- maraichagea garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
German Gärtnerei
- Gärtnereia garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Irish garraí margaidh, gairdín margaidh
- garraí margaidha garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
- gairdín margaidha garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Latin holerarium, olitōrius
- holerariuma garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
- olitōriusa garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Polish gospodarstwo owocowo-warzywne
- gospodarstwo owocowo-warzywnea garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Spanish huerto
- huertoa garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Swedish handelsträdgård
- handelsträdgårda garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
Cite this entry
market garden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20garden
“market garden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20garden. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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