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5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
originThe noun is derived from Middle English sward (“rind; skin; calloused skin; leather strap; sod, turf”) [and other forms], from Old English sweard, swearð (“rind; skin”), from Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind; tough skin; turf”); further etymology unknown. The verb is derived from the noun.
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