"moldboard" meaning in English

See moldboard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-moldboard.wav Forms: moldboards [plural], mouldboard [alternative]
Etymology: From mold (“soil”) + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mold|board|gloss1=soil}} mold (“soil”) + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} moldboard (plural moldboards)
  1. A curved piece of metal on a plough, following behind the ploughshare, that flips the soil over. Wikidata QID: Q134938633 Related terms: ploughshare [comeronym], plowshare [comeronym], coulter [comeronym], colter [comeronym], jointer [comeronym], chisel [comeronym] Translations (curved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer): skouarn [feminine] (Breton), siipi (Finnish), versoir [masculine] (French), abeaca [feminine] (Galician), gueifa [feminine] (Galician), orelleira [feminine] (Galician), Streichbrett [neuter] (German), Streichbrech [neuter] (German), Riester [neuter] (German), Wendebrett [neuter] (German), versoio [masculine] (Italian), orecchio [masculine] (Italian), odkładnica [feminine] (Polish), aiveca [feminine] (Portuguese), vändskiva [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moldboard-en-noun-en:Q134938633 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Agriculture, Tools Disambiguation of Agriculture: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Tools: 41 23 35 Disambiguation of 'curved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer': 76 21 3
  2. An analogous part of a bulldozer that clears dirt from the blade.
    Sense id: en-moldboard-en-noun-3RIO3l8b Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 41 23 35
  3. (founding) A follow board.
    Sense id: en-moldboard-en-noun-qf6o8ODi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Metallurgy, Tools Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 6 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 9 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 3 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 3 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 16 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 16 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 12 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 10 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 15 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 15 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 12 73 Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 8 0 92 Disambiguation of Tools: 41 23 35

Inflected forms

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