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Word: Ploughshare
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from plough+ Old English scær, scear ‘ploughshare’ (related to shear)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈplaʊʃɛː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the main cutting blade of a plough, behind the coulter.
Short Definition:main cutting blade of plough, behind coulter
Variant Forms:
- plowshare
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