COLTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colter mean? 

• COLTER (noun)
  The noun COLTER has 1 sense:

1. a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil

  Familiarity information: COLTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

colter; coulter

Hypernyms ("colter" is a kind of...):

wedge (something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them)

Holonyms ("colter" is a part of...):

moldboard plow; mouldboard plough (plow that has a moldboard)