TOPIARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does topiary mean? 

• TOPIARY (noun)
  The noun TOPIARY has 2 senses:

1. a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals

2. making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees

  Familiarity information: TOPIARY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOPIARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("topiary" is a kind of...):

garden (a plot of ground where plants are cultivated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("topiary" is a kind of...):

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)