sord
UK/sɔːd/US/sɔɹd/
sord noun: a flock of mallards. Also the obsolete form of sward.
Noun
sord (plural sords)
- A flock of mallards.
- "Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh."1893 September 27, The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, London, page 800, column 3
- and now only a sord of Mallards drifted through the dense mats of New Zealand pigmyweed that coated the surface of the water.2018, Steve Burrows, A Tiding of Magpies: A Birder Murder Mystery, Oneworld Publications
Also used as
sord is also the obsolete form of sward.
Forms of sord
| plural | sords |
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Origin of sord
From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (“to rise”), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge.
See sward.
Words that rhyme with sord
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- umbilical cord
- afford
- ord
- reward
- sward
- toward
- hoard
- untoward
- -lord
- abhorred
- bored
- destination board
- disaccord
- greatsword
- horde
- onboard
- smorgasbord
- unoared
- adored
- bell chord
- beward
- chored
- concord
- deboard
- discord
- fjord
- gord
- gored
- guide board
- hoared
- ignored
- m'lord
- milord
- moored
- oared
- of one's own accord
- outward
- restored
- secured
- whored
Questions about sord
- What does sord mean?
- Sord means a flock of mallards.
- What part of speech is sord?
- Sord is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sord?
- Sord is pronounced /sɔːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sord?
- The plural of sord is sords.
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