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hori-hori

hori-hori noun: a Japanese weeding knife.

hori-hori: a Japanese weeding knife
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Noun

hori-hori (plural hori-horis)

  1. A Japanese weeding knife
    • Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of hori-hori

pluralhori-horis

Origin of hori-hori

From Japanese, ultimately from verb 掘る (horu, “to dig”).

Questions about hori-hori

What does hori-hori mean?
Hori-hori means a Japanese weeding knife.
What part of speech is hori-hori?
Hori-hori is a noun.
What is the plural of hori-hori?
The plural of hori-hori is hori-horis.

Words near hori-hori in the dictionary

  1. Horgi
  2. Horgis
  3. Horham
  4. hori
  5. hori hori
  6. hori-hori
  7. hori-horis
  8. Horia
  9. Horian
  10. horiatiki
  11. horiciclic

Source and license

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