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hemp

UK/hɛmp/US/hɛmp/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,703 of 15,258leans written

Hemp is a tough plant fibre used for rope and cloth. Hemp rope, a hemp sack, grow hemp.

It made the rope and sail of every ship for centuries, and it is the same species as cannabis, bred for fibre and with almost none of the drug in it. Growing it is licensed rather than banned in most countries. Canvas is the same word by another road.

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Definitions of hemp

  1. 1nounhempA tough plant fibre used for rope and cloth.B2+

    “Her bag is woven from hemp, which is much tougher than cotton.”

hemp is a fibre.

Where it comes from

Old English henep, from a Germanic root. Cannabis and canvas are the same word by other routes.

  1. Middle English

    hemp

  2. English, today

    hemp

From Middle English hemp. a doublet of cannabis and canvas.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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hemp in the wild

  • The hatmaking straw made from Manila hemp is called tagal or tagal straw.

    Abacá

  • The fiber is also exceptionally strong, stronger than hemp and naturally salt-resistant, making it ideal for making twines and ropes (especially for maritime shipping).

    Abacá

  • The plant is also known as hemp, although this term is usually used to refer only to varieties cultivated for non-drug use.

    Cannabis

  • Industrial hemp textile products are made from cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fibre.

    Cannabis

  • Hemp oil (hemp seed oil) is oil obtained by pressing hemp seeds.

    Hemp oil

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

  • hempen