🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

cesoie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cesoie

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shears/ʃɪərz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15200 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha usato le cesoie per potare i rami secchi."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Large cutting instruments resembling scissors, used for cutting fabric, bushes, metal, or wool.

    "She used garden shears to trim the overgrown hedges."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Old English scēar, from the Germanic base meaning to cut (as in shear).

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