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Word entry · 8 letters

trencher

Best crossword clue

"Wooden platter"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted ceehnrrtStarts with TEnds with R1 clues
1T2R3E4N5C6H7E8R

Definitions

  1. a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved

Word origin

From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).

Used in a sentence

  • Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]
  • The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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