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How to pronounce pollard in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms poll
Type of crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim, clip


pollard trees.
Type Words
Type of tree
Derivation poll
Type Words
Type of ruminant

Examples of pollard

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Pollard, a BYU physics major, has dabbled in chocolate making for several years.
From the sltrib.com
Pollard dismissed reports that people are being turned away from polls illegally.
From the inrich.com
Pollard, currently incarcerated in Butner, N.C., has been behind bars since 1987.
From the denverpost.com
Pollard invented the script for use with A-Hmao, one of several Miao languages.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Pollard was right behind him with 15 missed tackles, and he missed three games.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Pollard, who came to Transy in 2004, has published on medieval English literature.
From the kentucky.com
Some farmers used to also pollard their trees for the soft fence wood it provides.
From the ocregister.com
Pollard has been spending years gathering information about owls and Peterson.
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Pollard is a veteran of 13 NFL seasons with Indianapolis, Detroit and Seattle.
From the fresnobee.com
More examples
  • A tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
  • Poll: convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"
  • A usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
  • Pollard is a novel written by Laura Beatty published in 2008 by Chatto & Windus in hardback and the following year in paperback by Vintage Books . ...
  • (Pollards) Pollarding is a pruning system in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, promoting a dense head of foliage and branches. ...
  • Tree that has been cut 2-3 metres above the ground.
  • To cut a tree 2.5-4m above the ground to produce a close rounded head of young branches.
  • A tree regularly cut back to the main trunk at a height of 5 to 6 feet, just above the browsing height of cattle and deer. After being pollarded many times it forms a thick trunk with a knot-like top.
  • A tree that has been cut once or has had regular cutting at a height above which grazing animals can reach i.e. between 2 - 4 metres. Pollards are characterised by its distinctive shape - a large trunk (or bole) from which commonly radiate numerous smaller branches.