Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Green foliage or verdure.

    зе́леньzélenʹ, расти́тельностьrastítelʹnostʹ

    зе́леньzélenʹ, зеле́нощіzelénošči, росли́нністьroslýnnistʹ

    green foliage

  2. (uncountable, usually)Foliage used as decoration.

    зелёные ве́твиzeljónyje vétvi, листва́listvá

  3. (slang, uncountable, usually)Marijuana.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. The salt water rusts cars and kills greenery.

  2. What is the size of this district's greenery area?

  3. Ziri was captivated by the greenery of that forest.

  4. Nature created this silence, this greenery, these mountains and these valleys.

  5. There is less crime in apartment buildings surrounded by trees and greenery.

    ruУровень преступности ниже в домах, окруженных зелёными насаждениями. — Karok

    deIn Wohnblocks, die von Bäumen und Grün umgeben sind, kommt es zu weniger Verbrechen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
green foliage:
Русский
By meaning 2
green foliage:
foliage used as decoration:

Forms

plural: greeneries
Singulargreenery

uncountable

Synonyms

53 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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