PLIERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pliers mean? 

• PLIERS (noun)
  The noun PLIERS has 1 sense:

1. a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

  Familiarity information: PLIERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLIERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pair of pliers; pliers; plyers

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

compound lever (a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum)

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Meronyms (parts of "pliers"):

jaw (holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object)

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 "pliers"):

locking pliers (pliers that can be locked in place)

needlenose pliers (small pliers with long thin jaws for fine work)

pump-type pliers; rib joint pliers (a type of pliers)

slip-joint pliers (pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws)