Get to know Ploughshare better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like plowshare or share.
Ploughshare meaning
The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
Using Ploughshare
- The main meaning on this page is: The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
- Useful related words include: plowshare, share, wedge.
- In the example corpus, ploughshare often appears in combinations such as: the ploughshare, ploughshare was.
Context around Ploughshare
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ploughshare
- In this selection, "ploughshare" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, operation, iron, entire and spread stand out and add context to how "ploughshare" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hearth or ploughshare or hides and hold the ploughshare in position. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ploughshare" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ploughshare
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The plough uses a moveable weight to hold the ploughshare in position. (12 words)
We cannot continue to see the seeming triumph of the guns over the ploughshare. (14 words)
While super-secret Operation Ploughshare was scratched, the Weasel went on to lead a long and productive, if unheralded, life. (20 words)
While customs duties were imposed on traders, and tribute and tithes were exacted from 25-30 tribes, with a levy of one sable skin, squirrel pelt, sword, dirham per hearth or ploughshare, or hides, wax, honey and livestock, depending on the zone. (42 words)
The ploughshare spread the cut horizontally below the surface, so when the mouldboard lifted it, a wider area of soil was turned over. (23 words)
An advance on the basic design was the iron ploughshare, a replaceable horizontal cutting surface mounted on the tip of the share. (22 words)
Example sentences (7)
While super-secret Operation Ploughshare was scratched, the Weasel went on to lead a long and productive, if unheralded, life.
We cannot continue to see the seeming triumph of the guns over the ploughshare.
An advance on the basic design was the iron ploughshare, a replaceable horizontal cutting surface mounted on the tip of the share.
By the Han period, the entire ploughshare was made of cast iron ; these are the first known heavy mouldboard iron ploughs.
The ploughshare spread the cut horizontally below the surface, so when the mouldboard lifted it, a wider area of soil was turned over.
The plough uses a moveable weight to hold the ploughshare in position.
While customs duties were imposed on traders, and tribute and tithes were exacted from 25-30 tribes, with a levy of one sable skin, squirrel pelt, sword, dirham per hearth or ploughshare, or hides, wax, honey and livestock, depending on the zone.
Common combinations with ploughshare
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: