aftercrop
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "No question but you grieued inward much, As doth the Miser, in a backward yeare: When others reape, to see your harvest such, And all your hopes, but in their blade appeare: Ladie, let henceforth nought disease your rest, For after-crops doe sometime prooue the best."
- "[…] a new contrivance for cutting cabbages, in such a manner as would secure the stock against the rotting rain, and enable it to produce a plenteous after-crop of delicious sprouts."
- "[…] the entertainment began as soon as might be; Mr. Codlin having the responsibility of deciding on its length and of protracting or expediting the time for the hero’s final triumph over the enemy of mankind, according as he judged that the after-crop of halfpence would be plentiful or scant."
- "Her glow and vitality had always put poor Kitty’s skimpiness completely into the shade, and what ailed her now was that wistful longing of the victress to be magnanimous that is the uneasy aftercrop of triumph."
- "[…] the upgraded water channel has been effective in replacing wheat, the traditional aftercrop of rice, with vegetables, which have an increasing market demand."
Etymology
From after- + crop.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: after
Inflected Forms
aftercrops (plural)
after-crop (alternative)