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ploughpoint

ploughpoint is the alternative form of plowpoint.

Meaning of plowpoint

Noun

plowpoint (plural plowpoints)

  1. A detachable plowshare (cutting blade) at the extreme front end of the plow body.
    • Shannon watched him as he took the reins and started the team forward, slowly, quietly. There was no yelling. They were horsemen, these men of Ganado. The great Percherons moved ponderously forward. The plow point bit deep into the earth, but the huge beasts walked on as if dragging an empty wagon.1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Girl from Hollywood, Chapter 16

Forms of ploughpoint

pluralploughpoints

Origin of ploughpoint

From plough + point.

Questions about ploughpoint

What is ploughpoint the alternative form of?
Ploughpoint is the alternative form of plowpoint.

Words near ploughpoint in the dictionary

  1. ploughmen
  2. ploughmen's lunches
  3. ploughpan
  4. ploughpans
  5. ploughperson
  6. ploughpoint
  7. ploughpoints
  8. Ploughright
  9. ploughs
  10. ploughs a lonely furrow
  11. ploughs ahead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ploughpoint (page history and authors); plowpoint (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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