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verticutter

verticutter noun: a device for dethatching or digging holes for seeds, similar to a lawnmower but with vertical rotating blades.

Noun

verticutter (plural verticutters)

  1. A device for dethatching or digging holes for seeds, similar to a lawnmower but with vertical rotating blades.
    • Use a wide bamboo or metal leaf rake to gather up all the thatch ripped out by the verticutter.1999, Maureen Gilmer, The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Beautiful Lawn, →ISBN, page 330
    • For overseeding an entire lawn, there's no better tool than a slit seeder or a verticutter.2005, Thomas Carpenter, John English, Outdoor living: the ultimate project guide, page 406

Forms of verticutter

pluralverticutters

Origin of verticutter

Blend of vertical + cutter.

Questions about verticutter

What does verticutter mean?
Verticutter means a device for dethatching or digging holes for seeds, similar to a lawnmower but with vertical rotating blades.
What part of speech is verticutter?
Verticutter is a noun.
What is the plural of verticutter?
The plural of verticutter is verticutters.

Words near verticutter in the dictionary

  1. verticulate
  2. verticulation
  3. verticulations
  4. verticut
  5. verticuts
  6. verticutter
  7. verticutters
  8. verticutting
  9. verticuttings
  10. Vertie
  11. vertiginate

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