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ploughshare

UK/ˈplaʊˌʃɛə//ˈplaʊˌʃɛɚ/

ploughshare noun: the cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.

ploughshare: the cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade
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Noun

ploughshare (plural ploughshares)

  1. (UK) The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
    • Holonyms: plough, plow < implement

ploughshare meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

ploughshare in Tamil

cutting edge of a plow
கலப்பை kalappai

ploughshare in Marathi

ploughshare, plowshare
फाळ phāḷ

ploughshare in Urdu

پھالی, ہل کا پھل

ploughshare in Telugu

ploughshare
ఫాలము phālamu
More languagesFewer languages
ploughshare in Malayalam
കൊഴു, പക്ഷിയുടെ സീതാസ്ഥി
ploughshare in Kannada
ಕುಳು, ಕುಡ, ಕುಳ, ಗುಳ
ploughshare in Punjabi
ਫਾਲਾ phālā
ploughshare in Odia
ଫାଳ phāḷa, ଫାର phāra
ploughshare in Assamese
ফাল phal
ploughshare in Nepali
फालि phāli
ploughshare in Tagalog
palinta, lipya
ploughshare in Arabic
مِيكَعَة mīkaʕa

Forms of ploughshare

pluralploughshares

Origin of ploughshare

From Middle English plowgh-schare, plowh schare, equivalent to plough + share. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Plouchskoar (“ploughshare”), West Frisian ploechskaar (“ploughshare”), Dutch ploegschaar (“ploughshare”), German Low German Ploogschoor (“ploughshare”), German Pflugschar (“ploughshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploughshare”), Norwegian plogskjær (“ploughshare”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English culter (“ploughshare”), from Old English culter (“ploughshare, coulter, dagger”), borrowed from Latin culter (“knife, razor”).

Phrases with ploughshare

Questions about ploughshare

What does ploughshare mean?
Ploughshare means the cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
What is ploughshare in Tamil?
Ploughshare in Tamil is கலப்பை (kalappai). See Ploughshare meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ploughshare?
Ploughshare is a noun.
How do you pronounce ploughshare?
Ploughshare is pronounced /ˈplaʊˌʃɛə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ploughshare?
The plural of ploughshare is ploughshares.

Words near ploughshare in the dictionary

  1. ploughs the sands
  2. ploughs through
  3. ploughs under
  4. ploughs up
  5. ploughs with one's heifer
  6. ploughshare
  7. ploughshare bone
  8. ploughshare bones
  9. ploughshare tortoise
  10. ploughshare tortoises
  11. ploughshares

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ploughshare (page history and authors); फाळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); ploughshare (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఫాలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ploughshare (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ploughshare (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਫਾਲਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଫାର (Odia) (page history and authors); ফাল (Assamese) (page history and authors); फालि (Nepali) (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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