middlebreaker
- noun
- Specialized
- With its double moldboards, a middlebreaker efficiently separates the soil to both sides of the new row.
Examples
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The farmer used a middlebreaker to open neat furrows across the field in spring.
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Many cotton farmers rely on a middlebreaker during early planting to create wide, clean seed beds.
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The middlebreaker is essential for efficient plowing.
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Farmers often use a middlebreaker for planting crops.
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Many cotton farmers rely on a middlebreaker to create wide furrows for planting seeds.
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The farmer used a middlebreaker to efficiently move soil away from the central row.
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During the planting season, a middlebreaker helps in preparing the field by opening neat rows.
Synonyms
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A farming tool with a curved metal blade that turns soil for planting
A plow that makes a central furrow and moves soil to both sides for planting
A plow with two blades that moves soil to both sides of a central furrow
A plow that makes a deep middle row and moves soil to both sides
A farming tool with two blades that turns over soil when pulled by a tractor
A farming tool with two curved blades that turns over two long rows of soil at once
A plow that turns over two or more rows of soil at the same time
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word middlebreaker comes from middle ('the centre') and breaker ('one who breaks'), so imagine a tool that splits the ground down the middle to make a planting row. That's why a middlebreaker is a plow with two curved blades that move soil to both sides of that central row.