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grasscutter

grasscutter noun: the cane rat.

Noun (1)

grasscutter (plural grasscutters)

  1. The cane rat.
  2. Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”).
    Synonyms:
    worm burner

Noun (2)

grasscutter (plural grasscutters)

  1. (British, India) A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.
    Synonyms:
    grasscut

grasscutter meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

grasscutter in Tamil

கவாடக்காரன், புல்லாள்

grasscutter in Punjabi

grasscutter
ਘਾਈ ghāī

Synonyms of grasscutter

Forms of grasscutter

pluralgrasscutters

Origin of grasscutter

From grass + cutter.

Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”)

Questions about grasscutter

What does grasscutter mean?
Grasscutter means the cane rat.
What is grasscutter in Tamil?
Grasscutter in Tamil is கவாடக்காரன், புல்லாள். See Grasscutter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is grasscutter?
Grasscutter is a noun.
What is the plural of grasscutter?
The plural of grasscutter is grasscutters.

Words near grasscutter in the dictionary

  1. grasscloths
  2. grasscourt
  3. Grasscroft
  4. grasscut
  5. grasscuts
  6. grasscutter
  7. grasscutters
  8. grasscutting
  9. grasscycle
  10. grasscycled
  11. grasscycles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grasscutter (page history and authors); grasscutter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਘਾਈ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). 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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