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Aftermath

/ˈæf.təˌmæθ/

A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

📖 Definitions of "Aftermath"

noun
  1. 1

    A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

  2. 2

    That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

    "In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting."

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