windrow
/ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/noun, verb
windrow is spelled W-I-N-D-R-O-W: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, windrow means “A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of windrow is windrows.
How many letters and syllables are in windrow?
| Letters | 7: W-I-N-D-R-O-W |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is windrow?
Windrow appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 windrow?
- /ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-windrow.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of windrow
- windrows plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- windrowing participle, present
- windrowed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does windrow mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
- 2
A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
- 3
A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
- 4
A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
- 5
A ridge or berm at a perimeter
- 6
CanadaA line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
- 7
CanadaA long snowbank along the side of a road.
- 8
UKThe green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it.
verb
- 1
To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.
This cool spell favored the cane shipped to some extent, for if the weather had remained as warm for three or four days as it was Friday, all the cane that was windrowed after the freeze would have been lost and much of it that was windrowe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Windrow in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense row of cut grain or hay:
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 windrow come from?
From wind + row.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).