echard

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɛkˌɑː(ɹ)d/
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/ˈɛkˌɑː(ɹ)d/ · /ˈɛt͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d/ · /ˈɛt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/

Definition of echard

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dated)The portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation.
    “The echard of a given habitat is experimentally ascertained by isolating a block of soil by impermeable plates, allowing it to dry slowly and determining its water-content at the time when the plants growing on it are wilting irrecoverably”
    “Grasses sprout on the sands long before the early rains have restored the echard of adjoining clays and given a surplus as chresard which can initiate grass growth.”
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noun

  1. (dated)The portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation.
    “The echard of a given habitat is experimentally ascertained by isolating a block of soil by impermeable plates, allowing it to dry slowly and determining its water-content at the time when the plants growing on it are wilting irrecoverably”
    “Grasses sprout on the sands long before the early rains have restored the echard of adjoining clays and given a surplus as chresard which can initiate grass growth.”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”) + ἄρδω (árdō, “to water, to irrigate”).

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