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Word entry · 7 letters

pollard

Best crossword clue

"Pruned tree"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɒl.əd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted adlloprStarts with PEnds with D2 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2O3L4L5A6R7D

Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward.

Used in a sentence

  • Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood-shot eyes.
  • Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.
  • And at this place there was a long, straight causeway, with two long rows of pollard willows, one upon either hand.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Pruned tree7 letters
02Cut-back tree7 letters

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