manicured lawns
Perfectly kept yards
Manicured lawns are carefully maintained expanses of grass, trimmed, edged, and groomed to appear neat and uniform.
The phrase evokes suburban aesthetics and the effort—or hired labor—required to achieve them: rows of houses with manicured lawns, the manicured lawns of a golf course.
The term often carries undertones of artificiality or excessive concern with appearances.
- grassNarrow-leaved ground cover
- trimmedCut to neaten
- riding mowerSeated grass-cutting vehicle
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- hedgesPlanted boundary lines
front yard · pristine · green · mowed · gardens · sprinklers · garden hose · edged · lush · landscaped · golf · estate · perfect · grass is greener · striped · fertilized · HOA · property values
- park featurespark bench, bench, benches, trail, trails
- Wealthy Neighborhoodsgated community, mansion, estate, country club, luxury homes
- Affluencewealth, wealthy, affluence, prestige, elite
manicured lawnsfallow land
Cropless soil regaining fertility
scrubland · untamed wilderness · wilderness · jungle · thickets
manicured lawnsnative prairies
Undisturbed indigenous grass ecosystems
wildflower meadows · pollinator gardens · natural ecosystems · native grasslands · forest floor
manicure, manicured, manicuring, manicurist, manual, manually, manufacture, manufactured, manufacturer