hoers
Soil-turning workers
Hoers are people who hoe—who use the long-handled garden tool to break up soil, remove weeds, or cultivate crops.
The word appears mainly in agricultural contexts: The hoers worked their way down the rows of cotton.
Not to be confused with the slur spelled differently.
Extracting undesired vegetation
- cultivatingDeliberately developing or tending
- tillingCultivating soil for crops
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
- gardenersPeople who tend plots
fieldworkers · rows · soil · crops · furrows · manual labor · planting · harvest
Flat-bladed garden tools
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- handlesGrasping parts or manages
- long-handledHaving elongated grip
- mattocksLong-handled earth-breaking tools
cultivators · sharpening · grubbing · chopping · scraping · hand tools · ergonomic · lightweight
weeding
Extracting undesired vegetation
- cultivatingDeliberately developing or tending
- tillingCultivating soil for crops
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
gardeners · fieldworkers · rows · soil · crops · furrows · manual labor · planting · harvest · groundskeepers
hoes
Flat-bladed garden tools
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- handlesGrasping parts or manages
- long-handledHaving elongated grip
mattocks · cultivators · sharpening · grubbing · chopping · scraping · hand tools · ergonomic · lightweight · heavy-duty
- hard row to hoePersistent difficult endeavor
- tough row to hoeDaunting task ahead
- row to hoeChallenging task ahead
- hoe downRural dance gathering
- long row to hoeDemanding extended effort
- garden hoeTool for breaking soil