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hards

/hɑɹdz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
hards
IPA
/hɑɹdz/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of hard

noun

The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

Uncountable

name

plural of Hard

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: herdes, heordan, *heʀdā, *hezdǭ, *kes-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /hɑɹdz/
  • British English: /hɑːdz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hurds (alternative)

Synonyms

tow oakum

Rhymes With

cards yards guards regards shards retards discards disregards bernards bards ards canards

Questions

How do you pronounce hards?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɑɹdz/.
What does hards mean?
plural of hard
Where does hards come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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