The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RAKES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Zen garden tools crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RAKES | 100 % | 5 |
Why may RAKES be the right solution?
Zen gardens are traditionally made of sand and gravel and are raked to create patterns that represent water ripples. Therefore, the tools used to create these patterns are called "rakes".
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Crossword Answer definitions
RAKES noun- A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
- The movement of animals while grazing.
- The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
- A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
- To walk; to roam, to wander.
- Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
- To roam or wander through (somewhere).
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- The act of raking.
- Something that is raked.
- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- (originally Northern England) A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- (systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- Rate of progress; pace, speed.
- To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
- Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
- A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- (specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- Senses relating to watercraft.
- (roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
- Senses relating to watercraft.
- A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
- To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.
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