hards
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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hards