American English pronunciation
How to pronounce hemp
IPA transcription: ['hɛmp]
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Noun
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a plant fiber
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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
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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.