coulter

CEFRB2

/ˈkəʊltə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sharp blade on a plow that cuts the soil.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A surname.

Examples

  • A coulter is a type of blade used in agriculture.

  • The coulter blade cut through the soil with ease.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. 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.

More examples

In context

  • The farmer adjusted the coulter of the plow before working.

  • Holonyms: plough, plow < implement

  • I lately left a furrow, one or twayne, / Unplough'd, the which my coulter hath not cleft […].

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The farmer replaced the broken blank on his plow before the spring planting.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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