Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

under the plough

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: un-der- the -plough
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a field, tilled by a plough and thus being actively used for cropping.

Example Sentences

"At the end of long days he would lean heavily on the handle, and regarding the patches he had rung with a look of satisfaction, would say to his wife: [...] ‘We’ll have twenty acres cleared and under the plough in no time.’"

Questions

What does under the plough mean?: Of a field, tilled by a plough and thus being actively used for cropping.

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