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Pollard

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.

n. An animal, such as an ox, goat, or sheep, that no longer has its horns.

v. To convert or make into a pollard.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A tree that has been pruned by cutting its branches back close to the trunk to promote a more bushy growth of foliage.

n. An animal, such as cattle or deer, whose horns have been removed or shed.

n. The chub (fish), Leuciscus cephalus.

n. A mixture of bran and meal.

v. To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.

n. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit.

n. A fish, the chub.

n. A stag that has cast its antlers.

n. A hornless animal (cow or sheep).

v. To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A tree cut back nearly to the trunk, and thus caused to form a dense head of spreading branches, which are in turn cut for basket-making and fagotwood. Willows and poplars especially are so treated.

n. A clipped coin.

n. A polled animal, as a stag or an ox without horns.

n. Same as poll, 7.

n. A coarse product of wheat.

To make a pollard of; convert (a tree) into a pollard by cutting off the head.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. convert into a pollard

n. a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage

n. a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed

Word Usage

""Epping Forest has the highest remaining concentration of historic pollard trees in Britain," British Naturalists' Association."

Verb Form

pollarded pollarding pollards

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

snip clip lop cutback prune

Form

pollarded pollarding

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

poll hornless

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Lollard bollard collard collared hollered

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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