secateurs
pronunciation
How to pronounce secateurs in British English:
UK [ˌsekəˈtɜ:z]
How to pronounce secateurs in American English:
US [ˌsekəˈtɜrz]
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- Noun:
- small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface
Word Origin
- secateurs
- secateurs: see section
- secateurs (n.)
- pruning shears, 1881, from French sécateur, ultimately from Latin secare "to cut" (see section (n.)).
Example
- 1. Secateurs & similar one-handed pruners & shears ( incl. poultry shears )
- 2. Somehow I cannot picture cherie with a pair of secateurs that she really knew how to use .
- 3. The morning of the abduction , mrs. allsop-dishevelled in a limp linen shirtdress-was wielding her secateurs up a ladder , pruning the climbing roses .
- 4. Garden tools , secateurs ( 1321 other questions ) add the question .
- 5. You 'll need a pair of secateurs to prune the roses .