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hemp

/hɛmp/noun1 syllable

Hemp means: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.

Synonyms for hemp5

noun, as in a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hempen necktie

noun, as in any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

cannabis

What does hemp mean?3

noun

1

a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

2

any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

3

a plant fiber

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hemp?2

one syllable

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Hemp in a sentence

  • We were at the mill, near the hemp field.U2FS
  • During this period, there was also a growing market for flax, hemp and cotton.CM
  • They brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and cultivated hemp and tobacco.CM
  • Is mom scolding the horse's hemp?cntrational
  • This sofa is made of hemp.celeriac
  • Anchors are of solid iron and very heavy; and cables are made of hemp or of iron chain.Cangarejo
  • Tom put some hemp milk in his coffee.Hybrid
  • Tom got pimples from drinking chocolate hemp milk.Eccles17

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Forms of hemp

as a noun

plural
hemps