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GAHDN-sent-uh/ˈɡɑːdn ˌsentə/

A garden centre (id: garden-centre) is a large shop that sells plants, pots, and garden tools (UK). A florist is smaller and often high-street; a park is not a shop. Trips: the garden-centre visit still needs the EVOLVE form; a florist is not the same outing.

Meaning

A large shop that sells plants, pots, and garden tools (UK).

Examples

• “The garden-centre trip still needs the EVOLVE form; a high-street florist is not the same visit.”
• “A garden-centre café is not the free-school-meal till; packed lunches stay on the coach unless the form says otherwise.”

Good to know

a garden centre (UK). Contrast: a florist / a park. Trips / high street. Countable centres. Mix-up: a centre in school can mean a sixth-form centre; this is the plant shop.

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