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BILLHOOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does billhook mean?
• BILLHOOK (noun)
The noun BILLHOOK has 1 sense:
1. a cutting tool with a sharp edge
Familiarity information: BILLHOOK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cutting tool with a sharp edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bill; billhook
Context example:
he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree
Hypernyms ("billhook" is a kind of...):
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
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