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| croquet |
Croquet is a kind of game you play on a lawn. It is played with wooden mallets and wooden balls. People take turns hitting their own ball across the grass and trying to get it through hoops that are stuck in the ground. If you get your ball through all the hoops first, you are the winner. |
| lawn1 |
A lawn is an area of land covered with grass that people cut in order to keep it short. |
| lawn mower |
a machine with a turning blade that cuts the grass of a lawn. |
| sprinkler |
a device that gently sprays water on a lawn, garden, or field. |
| sundial |
a device that stands in a garden or on a lawn to show the time of day. A sundial has a flat, round disk with numbers and a pointer that casts a shadow. As the shadow moves across the numbers, the sundial shows what time it is. |
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