ploughshare

esp US plowshare

/ (ˈplaʊˌʃɛə) /

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noun

the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough

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Words nearby ploughshare

ploughboy, ploughman, ploughman's lunch, ploughman's spikenard, Plough Monday, ploughshare, ploughstaff, plouk, Plovdiv, plover, plow

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How to use ploughshare in a sentence

A large proportion sleep, unmindful of the rude farmer's ploughshare upon the fields made memorable by their deeds.
Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment|John A. Sloan
The Hebrew who wished to sharpen his ploughshare or axe was forced to go to a Philistine city.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations|Archibald Sayce
The green turf now being turned over was disturbed by ploughshare for the first time since the creation of the world.
The Boy Settlers|Noah Brooks
The fine roots reach out between the rows and the ploughshare would cut them off.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust|Hallam Hawksworth

Going on a short distance, he arrived at a forge in which a smith was employed making a ploughshare.
Serbian Folk-lore|Anonymous