coulter
/ˈkoʊltər//ˈkəʊltə/
coulter noun: a cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
Noun
coulter (plural coulters)
- A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
- Holonyms: plough, plow < implement
- I lately left a furrow, one or twayne, / Unplough'd, the which my coulter hath not cleft […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed.
Proper noun capitalized: Coulter
Coulter (countable and uncountable, plural Coulters)
- A surname.
- “Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush.2019 January 19, Stephen Collinson and Maegan Vazquez, “Trump’s offer of temporary protection for immigrants to end shutdown is a ‘non-starter,’ say Democrats”, in CNN
- A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0233).
- Synonyms:
- Culter
- A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
coulter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
coulter in Hindi
- कुल्टर
coulter in Tamil
- கலப்பைக் கொழுமுனை
coulter in Marathi
- कुल्टर
coulter in Bengali
- কুল্টার
More languagesFewer languages
- coulter in Punjabi
- ਕੁਲਟਰ
- coulter in Gujarati
- કુલ્ટર
- coulter in Odia
- କୁଲ୍ଟର, କୁଲ୍ଟର୍
- coulter in Nepali
- कुल्टर
Synonyms of coulter
Forms of coulter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | coulters |
| alternative US | colter |
| alternative form (obsolete) | culter |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Coulters |
| alternative Pennsylvania | Coulters |
Origin of coulter
Inherited from Middle English culter, from Old English culter, from Latin culter (“a knife”). For the phonetic development, see poultry.
Words formed from coulter
Phrases with coulter
Questions about coulter
- What does coulter mean?
- Coulter means a cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
- What is coulter in Hindi?
- Coulter in Hindi is कुल्टर. See Coulter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is coulter?
- Coulter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce coulter?
- Coulter is pronounced /ˈkəʊltə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of coulter?
- The plural of coulter is coulters.
Words near coulter in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coulter (page history and authors); Coulter (page history and authors); coulter (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coulter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coulter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coulter (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coulter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coulter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coulter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coulter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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