How to pronounce plowshare
American English pronunciation
PLOW-shair
- IPA
- /ˈplaʊˌʃɛɹ/
- Syllables
- PLOW · shair (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What plowshare means
The heavy blade of a plow that cuts into the soil
In a sentence: The farmer sharpened the plowshare so it would slice through the hard spring soil.
Where it comes from: It goes back to Middle English, made from plow and share, an old word for the plow's cutting blade. Dutch and German have very similar words.
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