What does colter mean?
Definitions for colter
ˈkoʊl tərcolter
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Princeton's WordNet
colter, coulternoun
a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil
Wiktionary
colternoun
A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
colternoun
The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed.
Etymology: From culter, from culter
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Colternoun
The sharp iron of a plough that cuts the ground perpendicularly to the share.
Etymology: cultor, Sax. culter, Lat.
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colter
A colter is a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut through the soil and enable easier plowing. It prepares the ground for planting by creating furrows and turning over the surface layer.
Webster Dictionary
Colternoun
a knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard
Etymology: [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. Cutlass.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Colter
Coulter, kōltėr, n. the fore-iron of a plough. [A.S. culter—L. culter, a knife.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
COLTER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Colter is ranked #8843 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Colter surname appeared 3,705 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Colter.
56.7% or 2,103 total occurrences were White.
35% or 1,299 total occurrences were Black.
3.9% or 147 total occurrences were of two or more races.
3% or 112 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.7% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
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lector
torcel
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of colter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of colter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of colter in a Sentence
He said hi to him and we ate for a little while and then Officer Colter got him a sticker that had a police badge on it.
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