knife blade

  • 71blade — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sharp ▪ blunt, dull (esp. AmE) ▪ curved, pointed, serrated, thin ▪ metal …

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  • 72knife — 1. noun a sharp knife Syn: cutting tool, blade, cutter 2. verb the victims had been knifed Syn: stab, hack, gash, run through, slash, lacerate, cut, pierce, jab, stick, spike …

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  • 73blade — n 1. cutting edge, edge, cutter, opener; knife, scalpel, lancet, bistoury; razor, chisel, penknife, jacknife, bowie knife; sword, rapier, cutlass, sabre; spear, bayonet, dagger, poniard, stiletto, machete. 2. leaf, Bot. lamina, Bot. phyllome, Bot …

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  • 74knife bayonet — noun : a bayonet with considerable breadth of blade and a handle that enables it to be used as a knife, dagger, or entrenching tool …

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  • 75knife switch — noun : an electric switch in which contact is made by pushing one or more flat metal blades between the jaws of spring clips * * * Elect. a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips …

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  • 76blade — 1. noun /bleɪd/ a) The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade. b) The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc …

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  • 77blade — [OE] The primary sense of blade appears to be ‘leaf’ (as in ‘blades of grass’, and German blatt ‘leaf’). This points back to the ultimate source of the word, the Germanic stem *bhlō , from which English also gets bloom, blossom, and the now… …

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  • 78blade — [bleɪd] noun [C] 1) the thin sharp part of a knife, tool, or weapon 2) a long thin leaf of grass 3) a flat wide part of a machine or piece of equipment • See: shoulder blade …

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  • 79blade — [OE] The primary sense of blade appears to be ‘leaf’ (as in ‘blades of grass’, and German blatt ‘leaf’). This points back to the ultimate source of the word, the Germanic stem *bhlō , from which English also gets bloom, blossom, and the now… …

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  • 80blade — n. [A.S. blaed, leaf] 1. Any elongate, flattened, usually stiff structure shaped like a leaf, sword or knife. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The lacinia or galea. 3. (NEMATA) see lamina …

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