pollard

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈpɑlɚd/ UK /ˈpɒləd/ See IPA manual

noun verb

Meanings

1

noun
a tree cut back to the trunk to promote dense growth, or to prune thus

The riverside willows were pollarded each winter.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a tree cut back to the... lop prune trim crop

Word family

Derived forms pollardedpollarding

Related forms poll

Etymology

From poll ('head, top; to cut the top off') + -ard. A pollard is a tree whose top has been cut back; poll derives from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch polle ('top of the head').

polle Middle Dutch

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# pollard

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈpɑlɚd
**IPA (UK):** ˈpɒləd

## Meanings
1. a tree cut back to the trunk to promote dense growth, or to prune thus

## Examples
- The riverside willows were pollarded each winter.

## Synonyms
- lop
- prune
- trim
- crop

## Derived Forms
- pollarded
- pollarding

## Related Forms
- poll

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: polle

## Etymology
From poll ('head, top; to cut the top off') + -ard. A pollard is a tree whose top has been cut back; poll derives from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch polle ('top of the head').

## AI Etymology
Pollard comes from poll ('head, top; to cut the top off') + -ard. A pollard is a tree whose top has been cut back; poll derives from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch polle ('top of the head'). The etymological trail includes Middle Dutch polle. As a noun, pollard means a tree cut back to the trunk to promote dense growth, or to prune thus. The same family is visible in derived forms such as pollarded and pollarding and related forms such as poll. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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