gnome
noun/noʊm/
Frequency rank: #10,616 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A small, imaginary creature from folklore, often depicted as an old man living underground or in gardens.
Example sentence
The old gardener placed a stone gnome beside the rose bushes to decorate the yard.
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