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WEEDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weeder mean?
• WEEDER (noun)
The noun WEEDER has 2 senses:
1. a farmhand hired to remove weeds
2. a hand tool for removing weeds
Familiarity information: WEEDER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A farmhand hired to remove weeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("weeder" is a kind of...):
farm worker; farmhand; field hand; fieldhand (a hired hand on a farm)
Derivation:
weed (clear of weeds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hand tool for removing weeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
weed-whacker; weeder
Hypernyms ("weeder" is a kind of...):
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
Derivation:
weed (clear of weeds)
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