Paddock

Word PADDOCK
Character 7
Hyphenation pad dock
Pronunciations /ˈpædək/

Definitions and meanings of "Paddock"

What do we mean by paddock?

A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses. noun

An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race. noun

An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race. noun

A piece of fenced-in land. noun

To confine in a paddock. transitive verb

To make into a paddock, as a run for sheep.

In mining, to place or store (ore) in a paddock; dig or form a paddock in.

To confine or inclose in or as in a paddock.

A piece of land of any size, inclosed or not, used for cultivation. noun

In mining: A store-yard near a mine-shaft for ore or wash-dirt. noun

An open excavation in a superficial deposit. noun

Applied depreciatively to a person: in the play of “Macbeth,” an evil spirit or a familar. noun

A toad or frog. noun

The tadpole-fish. noun

A small field or inclosure; especially, a small inclosure under pasture immediately adjoining a stable; a small turfed inclosure in which animals, especially horses, are kept. noun

A toad or frog. noun

A hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially Equisetum limosum and the fruiting stems of Equisetum arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum. noun

See Toadstone. noun

A toadstool. noun

A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.

A field of grassland of any size, especially for keeping sheep or cattle.

An area where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.

Land, fenced or otherwise delimited, which is most often part of a sheep or cattle property.

An area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.

(field sports) The playing field.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Paddock

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The word "paddock" in example sentences

The paddock is set amid elms, maples, and vendors of sugary confections. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The tree in the paddock is so loaded down with Bramleys, the branches are bending halfway to the ground. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Perhaps the first land fenced was too small to be called a field; the word paddock was extended in reference as more land was fenced and field is seldom heard as a topographical term in Australia. ❋ Unknown (1984)

In Old English, a related word is pearroc, which refers to an enclosure holding farm animals, just as its descendant word paddock does today. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

In the center of the paddock is a marker of some sort, usually slightly elevated. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Towards the north end of the paddock was a narrow gully with great sandstone walls all round, and where it narrowed the first discoverers had built a stockyard, partly with dry stone walls and partly with logs and rails. ❋ Unknown (2004)

A paddock is the best night accommodation for a donkey. ❋ Unknown (1995)

The paddock was the place, away from all the dust and racket -- Olive would enjoy the paddock! ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

The squat little figure flew down a side walk which led to a paddock: beyond the paddock was a turnstile, and at the farther end of an adjacent field a cabin made of mud, with one tiny window and a thatched roof. ❋ L. T. Meade (1884)

Ross Brawn's prediction on Friday that the new regulations for 2011 are going to turn races "upside down" only served to reinforce the prevailing view within the paddock, which is that races this season are likely to be wildly unpredictable, at least initially. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"They're only minor changes so the guys don't have to think too much, but we work on that and it seems to have a pretty influence and make a big difference out on the paddock, which is good." ❋ Unknown (2010)

And for those who are never enthused by the odds and evens, the paddock was the place to be. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By allowing gossip of stellar returns to circulate on the Palm Beach social circuit, Madoff managed to imbue an air of exclusivity just as Donnelly allegedly didn't stop the so-called paddock tales. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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