Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coulter

/ˈkəʊltə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: coul-ter
IPA: /ˈkəʊltə/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.

noun

The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed.

British usage

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0233).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: plough, plow < implement"
"I lately left a furrow, one or twayne, / Unplough'd, the which my coulter hath not cleft […]."
"What is it but a servitude like that impos'd by the Philistims, not to be allow'd the sharpning of our own axes and coulters, but we must repair from all quarters to twenty licencing forges."
"With colters bright the rushy sward bisect, / And in new veins the gushing rills direct […]."
"“Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English culter, from Old English culter, from Latin culter (“a knife”). For the phonetic development, see poultry.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: culter

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkəʊltə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

coulters (plural) colter (alternative, US) culter (alternative, obsolete) Coulters (alternative, Pennsylvania)

Phrases

sea coulter Coulter pine Coulter's Matilija poppy

Frequently Paired Words

colter culter ploughshare plowshare moldboard mouldboard jointer chisel

Synonyms

Culter colter

Rhymes With

colter bolter poulter holter wolter boulter boelter molter

Questions

How do you pronounce coulter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkəʊltə/.
What does coulter mean?: A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
Where does coulter come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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