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Definition of ploughshare noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ploughshare

noun

/ˈplaʊʃeə(r)/

/ˈplaʊʃer/

(British English)

(North American English plowshare)

(North American English also share)

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the broad curved blade (= metal cutting edge) of a plough
Word Originlate Middle English: from plough + Old English scær, scear ‘ploughshare’ (related to shear).

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turn swords into ploughshares

(literary) to stop fighting and return to peaceful activitiesTopics War and conflictc2

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