meadow Syllabification: (mead·ow)Pronunciation: /ˈmedō/Translate meadow | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of meadow noun a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay. a piece of low ground near a river. Derivatives meadowy adjective Origin: Old English mǣdwe, oblique case of mǣd (see mead2), from the Germanic base of mow2meadow in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of meadow in the British & World English dictionary