pollard

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (attributive, often) A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
2. A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
3. A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.
4. (obsolete, rare) A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
5. (Australia) A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.
6. (historical) A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

Verb

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

Sinónimos

poll

prune

lop

pinch

chub

tip

top

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Traducións

budamak

scapitozzare

δένδρο κλαδευμένο

κλαδεύω

ψαλιδίζω

κλαδεμένο δέντρο

étêter

crusca

potare

cimare

scamozzare

scapezzare

scavezzare

svettare

capitozzare

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈpɒl.əd/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From poll (“head, scalp”) + -ard. The coin sense derives from the original penny's uncrowned obverse bust, as opposed to the laurel-wreathed form appearing on the rosary. The verb derives from the noun.