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SECATEURS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secateurs mean? 

SECATEURS (noun)
  The noun SECATEURS has 1 sense:

1. small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surfaceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SECATEURS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

pruning shears (shears with strong blades used for light pruning of woody plants)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

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


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