PRUNING SHEARS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pruning shears mean? 

• PRUNING SHEARS (noun)
  The noun PRUNING SHEARS has 1 sense:

1. shears with strong blades used for light pruning of woody plants

  Familiarity information: PRUNING SHEARS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNING SHEARS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shears with strong blades used for light pruning of woody plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pruning shears" is a kind of...):

shears (large scissors with strong blades)

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 "pruning shears"):

secateurs (small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface)