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Definition: Hedgerow |
HedgerowNoun1. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hedgerow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | A hedge of shrubs or low trees growing along a bank, esp. one bordering a field or lane. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: HedgerowSynonym: hedge (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hedgerow |
| English words defined with "hedgerow": Achillea millefolium ♦ milfoil ♦ yarrow. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, (Stairway to heaven; performing artist: Led Zeppelin) | |
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| "Autumn Colours" by Ian Myatt Commentary: "A hedgerow in autumn." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Hedgerow" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.37% of the time. "Hedgerow" is used about 152 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.37% | 148 | 25,903 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.32% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.66% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.66% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 152 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hedgerow": hedgerow-ripened. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hedgerow | 18 |
hedgerow theater | 15 |
bustle hedgerow in | 6 |
farm hedgerow | 2 |
hedgerow in management napa property | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hedgerow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | سياج (corral, dike, enclosure, fence, fencing, paling, rail, weir). (various references) | |
Czech | živý plot (green fence, hedge, quickset). (various references) | |
Dutch | houtwal (shelter belt, shelterbelt, shelter-belt, windbreak, wind-break). (various references) | |
Farsi | سیاج بند, ردیف خاربن , ردیف بوته های پرچین . (various references) | |
French | haie vive (hedge), haie (hedge, hedgehog). (various references) | |
German | hecke (barrier, covey, fence, hedge, quickset hedge). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sövénykerítés (hedge), élősövény (hedge, quick, shrubbery). (various references) | |
Italian | siepe divisoria, siepe (hedge). (various references) | |
Manx | cleigh dressagh (brambly hedgerow). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hekk (hedge). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | edgerowhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | balsa (balsa, brushwood, ferry, float, hedge, quickset hedge, raft, shrubbery, thicket, wherry). (various references) | |
Romanian | gard viu (hedge). (various references) | |
Russian | ограда (enclosure, fence, haw, inclosure, pale, railing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | živica (hedge, quick-fence). (various references) | |
Turkish | ağaçlardan oluşan çit, çalı çit. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hedgerow": hedgerows. (additional references) | |
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"Hedgerow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: headgerow, Hedgecoe, hedgerowey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-h-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: hogweed. | |
-2 letters: hedger, whored. | |
-3 letters: dower, edger, erode, geode, gored, greed, heder, hedge, hewed, hewer, horde, rewed, rowed, wedge, where, whore, wodge. | |
-4 letters: deer, dere, dhow, doer, doge, dore, dree, dreg, drew, edge, eger, ergo, ewer, geed, ghee, goer, gore, gowd, gree, grew, grow, heed, herd, here, hero, hoed, hoer, howe, ogee, ogre, ohed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-g-h-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: hedgerows. | |
+2 letters: roughhewed. | |
+3 letters: overweighed, wrongheaded. | |
+4 letters: overweighted. | |
+5 letters: wrongheadedly. | |
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