American English pronunciation

How to pronounce hemp

IPA transcription: ['hɛmp]

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Noun

  • a plant fiber

  • 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

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

Usage examples

  • Hemp is a weed found in parts of the tropics.
  • Lake Success is in the Town of North Hempstead on northwest Long Island.
  • Ropemakers used to use hemp for ropes.
  • Some colonists opposed this act by buying more flax and hemp.
  • Nimmo is married to actor Greg Hemphill.
  • The railway station was then renamed from Boxmoor to Hemel Hempstead.
  • Hemphill's character worked at Rob's Place, the restaurant the boys frequented.
  • Wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, raisins and hemp were produced there.
  • The Hempstead Transit Center is one of the largest hubs in Nassau County.
  • Karl Robbins brought great prominence to Hemp.