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LOPPER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

Synonyms:

lopper; pruner; pruning hook

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lopper" is a kind of...):

pruning saw (a handsaw used for pruning trees)

Derivation:

lop (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)

lop (cut off from a whole)

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