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hopbine

hopbine noun: the climbing stem of the hop.

Noun

hopbine (plural hopbines)

  1. The climbing stem of the hop.
    • I was […] hurtling along […] past cottages at whose doors women sat on chairs to pick the hopbines heaped about them.1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 162

Forms of hopbine

pluralhopbines
alternative formhopbind

Origin of hopbine

From hop + bine.

Questions about hopbine

What does hopbine mean?
Hopbine means the climbing stem of the hop.
What part of speech is hopbine?
Hopbine is a noun.
What is the plural of hopbine?
The plural of hopbine is hopbines.

Words near hopbine in the dictionary

  1. Hopatcong
  2. hopback
  3. hopbacks
  4. hopbind
  5. hopbinds
  6. hopbine
  7. hopbines
  8. hopbush
  9. hopbushes
  10. Hopcalite
  11. Hopcalites

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