middlebreaker

Questions about middlebreaker

What does middlebreaker mean?

middlebreaker means "moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow".

How many syllables are in middlebreaker?

middlebreaker has 5 syllables and divides as midd-le-bre-a-ker under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for middlebreaker?

Close synonyms include lister, lister plow, lister plough, middle buster. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is middlebreaker a common word?

middlebreaker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.