pasture
noun/ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/
/ˈpæstʃər/
- [uncountable, countable] land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on
- an area of permanent/rough/rich pasture
- high mountain pastures
- The cattle were put out to pasture.
- We drove through mile after mile of land cleared for pasture.
- By the time we got the cows back into the pasture, it was dark.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- pastures[plural] the circumstances of your life, work, etc.
- I felt we were off to greener pastures (= a better way of life).
- (British English) She decided it was time to move on to pastures new (= a new job, place to live, etc.).
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin pastura ‘grazing’, from past- ‘grazed’, from the verb pascere.
Check pronunciation:
pasture