Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weedless

/ˈwiːdləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: weed-less
IPA: /ˈwiːdləs/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Having blades that curve backwards, as respects the direction of rotation, so that they draw through the water without accumulating weeds.

Example Sentences

"Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy hatless, The proper diet, fatless, […]"
"I remember the fresh weedless lawns between the school buildings […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English weedless From weed + -less.

Derived Forms

weedlessness

Rhymes With

needless seedless heedless leadless deedless creedless redeless reedless speedless greedless

Questions

How do you pronounce weedless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːdləs/.
What does weedless mean?: Lacking weeds.
Where does weedless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English weedless From weed + -less.

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