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ploughbeam

ploughbeam noun: wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.

ploughbeam: wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke
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Noun

ploughbeam (plural ploughbeams)

  1. (UK) Wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.

Forms of ploughbeam

pluralploughbeams
alternative Commonwealth Irelandplough beam
alternative Commonwealth Irelandplough-beam
alternative USplow beam
alternative USplowbeam
alternative USplow-beam

Origin of ploughbeam

From plough + beam.

Questions about ploughbeam

What does ploughbeam mean?
Ploughbeam means wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.
What part of speech is ploughbeam?
Ploughbeam is a noun.
What is the plural of ploughbeam?
The plural of ploughbeam is ploughbeams.

Words near ploughbeam in the dictionary

  1. plough-trees
  2. ploughability
  3. ploughable
  4. ploughback
  5. ploughbacks
  6. ploughbeam
  7. ploughbeams
  8. ploughbill
  9. ploughbills
  10. ploughbote
  11. ploughboy

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