Meanings
nounblade of grass (plural blades of grass)
plural blades of grass
- rareA very small amount of something.
"By the time I had walked much of the route of the Dartmoor Line with Christian, Matt and other Devon council staff, we knew what we wanted to achieve and the date we wanted to reopen the railway. There was not a blade of grass between us," says Davis.
2022 April 6, Anthony Lambert, “Industry is getting with the programme”, in RAIL, number 954, page 49
Translations
Danish græsstrå
- græsstråa single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Dutch sprietje, grashalm
- sprietjea single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
- grashalma single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Estonian rohulible
- rohuliblea single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Finnish ruoho
- ruohoa single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
French brin d’herbe
- brin d’herbea single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
German Grashalm
- Grashalma single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Italian filo d'erba
- filo d'erbaa single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Japanese 草の葉
- 草の葉 (kusanoha)a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Polish źdźbło trawy
- źdźbło trawya single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Portuguese folha de grama
- folha de gramaa single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Russian трави́нка, были́нка
- трави́нка (travínka)a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
- были́нка (bylínka)a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
- были́ца (bylíca)a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
- стебелёк травы́ (stebeljók travý)a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Spanish brizna de hierba
- brizna de hierbaa single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Swedish grässtrå
- grässtråa single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Vietnamese lá cỏ
- lá cỏa single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass
Cite this entry
APA
blade of grass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blade%20of%20grass
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“blade of grass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blade%20of%20grass. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blade of grass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blade%20of%20grass.
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