hards
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɑɹdz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːdz/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
hards
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
hards (uncountable)
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hards
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