pollard
/ˈpɑ.lɚd/noun, verb
pollard is spelled P-O-L-L-A-R-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pollard means “A pruned tree; the wood of such trees” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pollard is pollards.
How many letters and syllables are in pollard?
| Letters | 7: P-O-L-L-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pollard?
Pollard appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pollard?
- UK /ˈpɒl.əd/
- US /ˈpɑ.lɚd/
Pollard has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pollard.ogg, En-au-pollard.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pollard?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pollard from its last stressed vowel (/ɑləɹd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pollard
- pollards plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pollarding participle, present
- pollarded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pollard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
And at this place there was a long, straight causeway, with two long rows of pollard willows, one upon either hand.
- 2
A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
- 3
A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.
- 4
obsoleterareA European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
- 5
AustraliaA fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.
- 6
A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
verb
- 1
To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pollard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to prune:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trogne |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pollard come from?
From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward. When used as a verb, it is often used to mean a cut head, which originates from the terms usage in cattle, where "pollarded" is used to mean "headed," as opposed to horned.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).