windrow
/ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
noun
A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
noun
A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
Example Sentences
- "This cool spell favored the cane shipped to some extent, for if the weather had remained as warm for three or four days as it was Friday, all the cane that was windrowed after the freeze would have been lost and much of it that was windrowed before the freeze would have met a like fate."
- "Threshing a previously windrowed swath (windrowing) or cutting and threshing the crop in one operation (direct heading) are the common methods of harvesting oilseed rape."
- "Using a motor grader to windrow the pulverized reclaimed material."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English row English windrow From wind + row.
Usage
- Canadian usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb