Coulter

//ˈkoʊltər// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "Holonyms: plough, plow < implement"

  2. 2
    a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil wordnet
  3. 3
    The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed. British
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable

    "“Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush."

  2. 2
    A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0233). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
coltercolterculter

Example

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"Holonyms: plough, plow < implement"

Etymology

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

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