dethatcher
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "You can also rent a power dethatcher from a tool rental company. Have them teach you how to start and run the dethatcher; most are operated much like a lawn mower."
- "The dethatcher has blades that cut perpendicular to the lawn, thereby removing the dead debris called thatch, which can easily build up in a lawn."
- "While you can remove thatch from small areas with a metal garden rake or hand cultivator, you ought to rent a dethatcher for working over large areas of grass."
Etymology
From dethatch + -er.