hemp

B2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /hɛmp/ See IPA manual

Freq #23987

Meanings

1

noun
A tall plant, Cannabis sativa, grown for its strong fibres and seeds.

The bag was woven from rough hemp fibres.
2

noun
The strong fibre from this plant, used to make rope and cloth.

Sailors once made their ropes from hemp.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a tall plant, cannabis... cannabis

Word family

Forms hempen

Derived forms crack-hemphemp-nettlehemp-vinehemp-widowhempcretehempenhempishhemplikehempseedhempvinehempweedhempwort

Related forms bhang cannabisganjamarijuanathc

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Phrases (1)

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hemp seed
A seed of the hemp plant, also used as a food ingredient.

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Hemp is an Old English word that ultimately shares its root with Greek kannabis and Latin cannabis. The precise earlier source of this word family is uncertain and was probably another language from which Greek borrowed the term.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hanapiz Proto-West Germanic *hanapi Old English henep Middle English hemp English hemp Inherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

Topics

Plants & Agriculture

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# hemp

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /hɛmp/
**Frequency rank:** 23987

## Meanings
1. A tall plant, Cannabis sativa, grown for its strong fibres and seeds.
2. The strong fibre from this plant, used to make rope and cloth.

## Examples
- The bag was woven from rough hemp fibres.
- Sailors once made their ropes from hemp.

## Derived Forms
- crack-hemp
- hemp-nettle
- hemp-vine
- hemp-widow
- hempcrete
- hempen
- hempish
- hemplike
- hempseed
- hempvine
- hempweed
- hempwort

## Related Forms
- bhang
- cannabis
- ganja
- marijuana
- thc

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hanapiz Proto-West Germanic *hanapi Old English henep Middle English hemp English hemp Inherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

## AI Etymology
Hemp is inherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas. The historical chain runs through Proto-Germanic *hanapiz, Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, Old English henep, Middle English hemp, and English hemp. In current use, the main senses are “A tall plant, Cannabis sativa, grown for its strong fibres and seeds” and “The strong fibre from this plant, used to make rope and cloth”.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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