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shearers

shearers is the plural of shearer.

Meaning of shearer

Noun

shearer (plural shearers)

  1. A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
  2. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
  3. A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.

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Phrases with shearers

Questions about shearers

What is shearers the plural of?
Shearers is the plural of shearer.

Words near shearers in the dictionary

  1. sheard
  2. sheards
  3. sheared
  4. shearer
  5. shearer's stew
  6. shearers
  7. shearest
  8. sheareth
  9. shearfree
  10. Shearin
  11. shearing

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