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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hoe"

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Word	Definition
tillernoun	(nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
straddlernoun	Someone who straddles.
tillnoun	(chiefly British) A cash register.
cultivatornoun	A person who cultivates.
mattocknoun	An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
spadenoun	A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
shovelnoun	A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
trowelnoun	A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
rakenoun	(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
adzenoun	A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
grubbernoun	(rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve.
pickaxenoun	A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
pickverb	A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
harrownoun	A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
ploughnoun	(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
dibblenoun	A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
spudnoun	(informal) A potato.
diggernoun	A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
weedernoun	A tool used to remove weeds.
scufflenoun	(intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.