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secateurs

UK/ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/

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New Zealand/ˈsek.ɘˌtɵːz/

secateurs noun: small, handheld pruning shears.

secateurs: small, handheld pruning shears
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Noun

secateurs pl (plural only)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only) Small, handheld pruning shears.
    • To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.2023 August 5, Diarmuid Gavin, “It's time to give my garden a makeover”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 28

Synonyms of secateurs

Origin of secateurs

Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.

Phrases with secateurs

Questions about secateurs

What does secateurs mean?
Secateurs means small, handheld pruning shears.
What part of speech is secateurs?
Secateurs is a noun.
How do you pronounce secateurs?
Secateurs is pronounced /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/ (UK).

Words near secateurs in the dictionary

  1. secantly
  2. secants
  3. secapin
  4. SECAs
  5. secateur
  6. secateurs
  7. Secaucus
  8. Secaș
  9. secbutabarbital
  10. Secchi
  11. Secchi depth

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