Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

echard

/ˈɛkˌɑː(ɹ)d/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: echard
IPA: /ˈɛkˌɑː(ɹ)d/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation.

Dated

name

Example Sentences

"The echard of a given habitat is experimentally ascertained by isolating a block of soil by impermeable plates, allowing it to dry slowly and determining its water-content at the time when the plants growing on it are wilting irrecoverably"
"Grasses sprout on the sands long before the early rains have restored the echard of adjoining clays and given a surplus as chresard which can initiate grass growth."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”) + ἄρδω (árdō, “to water, to irrigate”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἔχω

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

echards (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

holard

Antonyms

chresard

Rhymes With

decherd

Questions

How do you pronounce echard?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛkˌɑː(ɹ)d/.
What does echard mean?: The portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation.
Where does echard come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce echard

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