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crop

The correct spelling is crop.

How to pronounce crop

/kɹɒp/
noun

IPA: /kɹɒp/

Say it like: Cro-p

The correct spelling is crop. A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose. For example: "the farmer had lots of crops to sell at the market"

Usage Examples

the farmer had lots of crops to sell at the market

it was a good crop of lambs that year

a crop of ideas

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
  2. 2.The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
  3. 3.A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
  4. 4.A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease
  5. 5.The lashing end of a whip

verb

  1. 1.To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
  2. 2.To mow, reap or gather.
  3. 3.To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
  4. 4.To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
  5. 5.To yield harvest.

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