LOPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lopper mean? 

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

1. a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lopper; pruner; pruning hook

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

pruning saw (a handsaw used for pruning trees)

Derivation:

lop (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)

lop (cut off from a whole)