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hards¹

  • /hɑɹdz/ US
  • /hɑːdz/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dz

noun

  1. plural plural of hard

hards²

  • /hɑɹdz/ US
  • /hɑːdz/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dz

Where it comes from

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

noun hurds

  1. uncountable The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

    Similar: tow, oakum

Hards³

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Hard

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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@misc{hards_2026,
  title = {hards},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hards},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}