Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verticutter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-ti-cut-ter
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Use a wide bamboo or metal leaf rake to gather up all the thatch ripped out by the verticutter."
"For overseeding an entire lawn, there's no better tool than a slit seeder or a verticutter."
"Ice was removed with a jackhammer (left) and with a verticutter (right)."

Etymology

Blend of vertical + cutter.

Inflected Forms

verticutters (plural)

Questions

What does verticutter mean?: A device for dethatching or digging holes for seeds, similar to a lawnmower but with vertical rotating blades.
Where does verticutter come from?: Blend of vertical + cutter.

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