sodder
sodder noun: an agricultural implement for scooping or stripping a layer of topsoil and picking it up intact to lay it down as a cover growth or lawn elsewhere.
Noun (1)
sodder (plural sodders)
- An agricultural implement for scooping or stripping a layer of topsoil and picking it up intact to lay it down as a cover growth or lawn elsewhere.
- The dryland sodder strips the top layer of soil and vegetation (sod, soil, shrubs and small trees) from areas to be surface mined and places it intact over reshaped areas. The soil layer is scooped into the sodder and transported to the reclamation area. It is removed by tilting and shaking the...1978, Annual Report, USDA Forest Service
Noun (2)
sodder (uncountable)
Verb
sodder (third-person singular simple present sodders, present participle soddering, simple past and past participle soddered)
- To solder.
- [...] I juſtly formed this Concluſion to my ſelf; That whatever Philoſopher or Projector can find out an Art to ſodder and patch up the Flaws and Imperfections of Nature, will deſerve much better of Mankind, and teach us a more uſeful Science, than that ſo much in preſent eſteem, of widening and...1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section IX. A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 175
Noun (3)
sodder (plural sodders)
Proper noun capitalized: Sodder
Sodder (plural Sodders)
- A surname from Italian
Forms of sodder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sodders |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sodders |
| present participle | soddering |
| past participle | soddered |
| past | soddered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sodders |
Origin of sodder
From sod + -er.
Anglicization of Italian Soddu and Sardinian Soddu
Questions about sodder
- What does sodder mean?
- Sodder means an agricultural implement for scooping or stripping a layer of topsoil and picking it up intact to lay it down as a cover growth or lawn elsewhere.
- What part of speech is sodder?
- Sodder can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of sodder?
- The plural of sodder is sodders.
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