blade (noun)

  • 71switch|blade — «SWIHCH BLAYD», noun, or switch blade knife, a pocketknife with a blade that springs out at the push of a button or knob on the handle: »A large quantity of guns and switchblade knives were scooped up by police (Birmingham News) …

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  • 72rotor blade — UK [ˈrəʊtə(r) ˌbleɪd] / US [ˈroʊtər ˌbleɪd] noun [countable] Word forms rotor blade : singular rotor blade plural rotor blades one of the long flat pieces of metal on top of a helicopter that turn around to lift it off the ground …

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  • 73shoulder blade — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shoulder blade : singular shoulder blade plural shoulder blades one of the two flat bones at the top of your back, near your shoulders …

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  • 74razor blade — /ˈreɪzə bleɪd/ (say rayzuh blayd) noun 1. the blade of a cutthroat razor. 2. a blade, often detachable, designed for a safety razor. –phrase Colloquial (taboo) 3. piss razor blades, to experience painful urination. 4. shit razor blades, to… …

  • 75spring-blade knife — spring blade «SPRIHNG BLAYD», noun, or spring blade knife, = switchblade. (Cf. ↑switchblade) …

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  • 76spring-blade — «SPRIHNG BLAYD», noun, or spring blade knife, = switchblade. (Cf. ↑switchblade) …

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  • 77tway|blade — «TWAY BLAYD», noun. any one of a group of terrestrial orchids, having two nearly opposite broad leaves springing from the stem or the root. ╂[< earlier tway two, Middle English tweien (see etym. under twain (Cf. ↑twain)) + blade] …

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  • 78rotor blade — ro|tor blade [ routər ,bleıd ] noun count one of the long flat pieces of metal on top of a helicopter that turn around to lift it off the ground …

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  • 79bolar blade — /boʊlə ˈbleɪd/ (say bohluh blayd) noun a cut of beef from the blade, usually used for roasting …

  • 80mi|cro|blade — «MY kroh BLAYD», noun. Archaeology. a thin sliver chipped delicately from a prepared flint core, usually with parallel edges, used especially in the paleolithic and mesolithic periods: »Commonly inserted as “side blades” into lateral grooves in… …

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