hoer
- noun
- /hɔr/
:
desyerbador
- It is seldom seen at the head of the column of hoers.
Examples
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The experienced hoer carefully tilled the soil, preparing it for planting.
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The hoer and the waterer.
Fiction book (1993) -
Like the best hoers, the figure should have two feathers attached to the back of the head.
Academic text (1993) -
The hoers form a long column headed by the strongest and quickest among them.
Academic text (1993) -
They can't be bothered with God's handiwork or with the layer, the picker, or the hoer.
Fiction book (1993) -
Local farmers hired a hoer to help with the weeding during the growing season.
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As a skilled hoer, she knew how to efficiently cultivate large areas of land.
Synonyms
150
1.0
A person who cares for plants and lawns in a garden
68
1.0
A person who does hard physical work without special skills, often on building sites
16
2.8
A person who digs holes or trenches as their job
8
3.0
A person paid to work on a farm doing hard work
5
1.6
A person who works on a farm doing physical tasks like planting and caring for animals
4
5.6
A person who breaks and turns soil to prepare land for planting
1
3.6
A person who uses a digging tool to move snow or soil
1
3.2
A person who works on a farm doing manual tasks like planting and harvesting
A person who pulls weeds in fields or gardens
A person who digs or turns soil with a spade
A person who grows plants or crops on land
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hoer comes from the tool hoe plus the ending -er that means 'one who', like in baker. So a hoer is 'one who hoes' the soil, a person who digs or removes weeds in gardening or farming.