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ploughshare

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ploughshare esp US, plowshare [ˈplaʊˌʃɛə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
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Noun1.ploughshareploughshare - a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
plowshare, share
moldboard plow, mouldboard plough - plow that has a moldboard
wedge - something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
Translations
ploughshare plowshare (US) [ˈplaʊʃɛəʳ] N → reja f del arado


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But like the snout of the boar shall my word grub up the basis of your souls; a ploughshare will I be called by you.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Outside, the stately oaks, rooted for ages in the green ground which has never known ploughshare, but was still a chase when kings rode to battle with sword and shield and rode a-hunting with bow and arrow, bear witness to his greatness.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
For there is a terrible task before us, and once our feet are on the ploughshare we must not draw back.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
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