PLOUGHSHARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ploughshare mean? 

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

1. a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLOUGHSHARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ploughshare; plowshare; share

Hypernyms ("ploughshare" 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 ("ploughshare" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

Then our promise shall be made to each other anew; for there is a terrible task before us, and once our feet are on the ploughshare we must not draw back.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)