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moldboard

[ mohld-bawrd, -bohrd ]
/ ˈmoʊldˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
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noun

the curved metal plate in a plow that turns over the earth from the furrow.
a large blade mounted on the front of a bulldozer to push loose earth.
a board forming one side or surface of a mold for concrete.

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Origin of moldboard

1300–50; replacing earlier moldbred,Middle English mold bred.See mold3 (for defs. 1, 2), mold1 (for def. 3), board

Words nearby moldboard

mold, Moldau, Moldavia, Moldavian, moldavite, moldboard, molded breadth, molded depth, molder, molding, molding board
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British Dictionary definitions for moldboard

moldboard
/ (ˈməʊldˌbɔːd) /

noun

the US spelling of mouldboard
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