ploughshare

Questions about ploughshare

What does ploughshare mean?

ploughshare means "a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil".

How many syllables are in ploughshare?

ploughshare has 2 syllables: plough-share. The stress falls on "plough". In IPA it is /ˈplaʊʃeɪɹ/.

What is another word for ploughshare?

Close synonyms include plowshare, share. 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 ploughshare a common word?

ploughshare 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.