PRUNING SHEARS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Shears with strong blades used for light pruning of woody plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pruning shears" is a kind of...):

shears (large scissors with strong blades)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pruning shears"):

secateurs (small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface)