Plowshare
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of ploughshare. US, alt-of, alternative
"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
- 2 a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil wordnet
Example
More examples"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
Etymology
From plow + share.
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