blade (noun)

  • 121knife — noun (plural knives) a cutting instrument consisting of a blade fixed into a handle. ↘a cutting blade on a machine. verb 1》 stab with a knife. 2》 cut like a knife. Phrases before you can say knife informal very quickly. get (or stick) the knife… …

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  • 122guillotine — noun /ˈgɪlətin / (say giluhteen) 1. a machine for beheading persons by means of a heavy blade falling in two grooved posts. 2. a surgical instrument for cutting the tonsils. 3. a device incorporating a long blade for trimming paper. 4.… …

  • 123acromial process — noun the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade • Syn: ↑acromion • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Part Holonyms: ↑scapula, ↑shoulder blade, ↑ …

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  • 124angledozer — noun a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side • Hypernyms: ↑bulldozer, ↑dozer * * * ˈaŋgəlˌdōzə(r) trademark used for a tractor driven pusher and scraper with the blade at an angle for pushing material to one side or the… …

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  • 125case knife — noun 1. a metal blade with a handle; used as cutlery • Hypernyms: ↑table knife 2. a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath • Syn: ↑sheath knife • Hypernyms: ↑knife * * * noun …

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  • 126expansive bit — noun a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes • Syn: ↑expansion bit • Hypernyms: ↑bit * * * noun : a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to various sizes called also expansion bit * * * Carpentry. an adjustable …

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  • 127linoleum knife — noun a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum • Syn: ↑linoleum cutter • Hypernyms: ↑knife * * * noun : a knife with a short stiff blade ending in a sharp curved point that is used especially for cutting and …

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  • 128pickaback plant — noun vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk • Syn: ↑piggyback plant, ↑youth on age, ↑Tolmiea menziesii • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Mem …

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