EDGE TOOL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("edge tool" is a kind of...):

cutlery; cutter; cutting tool (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)

Meronyms (parts of "edge tool"):

cutting edge; knife edge (the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife)

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edge tool"):

adz; adze (an edge tool used to cut and shape wood)

ax; axe (an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle)

chisel (an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge)

gouge (and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves)

hand ax; hand axe (a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping)

hob (a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears)

knife (edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle)

pick; pickax; pickaxe (a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends)

carpenter's plane; plane; woodworking plane (a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood)

razor (edge tool used in shaving)

pair of scissors; scissors (an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades)

scythe (an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground)

shear (a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it)

reap hook; reaping hook; sickle (an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle)

wire cutter (an edge tool used in cutting wire)