lopper
lopper · loppers
A person who lopsA person who lops.
» Ziri uses various types of loppers.
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3 sentencesZiri uses various types of loppers.
Ziri cut the ivy vine with loppers.
Ziri has got his loppers on hand, in case he needs them.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who lops.
A gardening tool used for lopping.
More definitions
- a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
Origin
From lop + -er.From lop + -er.
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Forms
plural: loppersSynonyms
3 synonymsA gardening tool used for lopping:loppers
Close in meaning
- a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees:prunerpruning hook
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlop
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.