greenery
Green foliage or verdureGreen foliage or verdure.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Green foliage or verdure.
зе́леньzélenʹ, расти́тельностьrastítelʹnostʹ
зе́леньzélenʹ, зеле́нощіzelénošči, росли́нністьroslýnnistʹ
green foliage
(uncountable, usually)Foliage used as decoration.
зелёные ве́твиzeljónyje vétvi, листва́listvá
(slang, uncountable, usually)Marijuana.
Examples
12 sentencesThe salt water rusts cars and kills greenery.
What is the size of this district's greenery area?
Ziri was captivated by the greenery of that forest.
Nature created this silence, this greenery, these mountains and these valleys.
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 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Forms
plural: greeneries| Singular | greenery |
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uncountable
Synonyms
53 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.