horseshoe

[US]/'hɔːsʃuː/
[UK]/'hɔrʃʃu/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a U-shaped piece of iron nailed to a horse's hoof
vt. to attach a horseshoe to

Phrases & Collocations

metal horseshoe

horseshoe crab

horseshoe kidney

Example Sentences

The horseshoe crab is not a true crab.

The horseshoe crab isn't really a crab at all.

The blacksmith shaped a horseshoe on his anvil.

All the horses must be shod with new horseshoes for the show.

Methods A horseshoe sensor was developed to be easy to fix to the thole of gig.

In some Swiss valleys the European lesser horseshoe bat began to vanish after streetlights were installed, perhaps because those valleys were suddenly filled with light-feeding pipistrelle bats.

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