weedless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈwiːdləs/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English weedless From weed + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lacking weeds.
Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy hatless, The proper diet, fatless, […]
1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:I remember the fresh weedless lawns between the school buildings […]
1960, Rupert Croft-Cooke, The Altar in the Loft, page 210:
- (not-comparable, of a motorboat propeller) Having blades that curve backwards, as respects the direction of rotation, so that they draw through the water without accumulating weeds.