weedless

adj — 2 senses

weedless

adj

/ˈwiːdləs/

Etymology From weed + -less.

1

Lacking weeds.

  • Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy hatless, The proper diet, fatless, […]1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:
  • I remember the fresh weedless lawns between the school buildings […]1960, Rupert Croft-Cooke, The Altar in the Loft, page 210:
2

Of a motorboat propeller Having blades that curve backwards, as respects the direction of rotation, so that they draw through the water without accumulating weeds.

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