"pruning shears" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} pruning shears pl (plural only)
  1. (plural only) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for gardening. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: garden shears, secateurs [Commonwealth], pruner [US] Hyponyms: loppers Translations (a tool): Boumschėer [feminine] (Central Franconian), Boumschier [feminine] (Central Franconian), 園藝剪 /园艺剪 (yuányì jiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 剪定鋏 /剪定铗 (jiǎndìngjiá) (Chinese Mandarin), 修枝剪 (xiūzhījiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), snoeischaar [feminine] (Dutch), pritondilo (Esperanto), oksasakset [plural] (Finnish), sekatöörit [plural] (Finnish), puutarhasakset [plural] (Finnish), sécateur [masculine] (French), Gartenschere [feminine] (German), chîsieaux d'gardîn [Jersey, masculine, plural] (Norman), sekator (Polish), secator [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), сека́тор (sekátor) [masculine] (Russian), trädgårdssax [common-gender] (Swedish), sekatör [common-gender] (Swedish), сека́тор (sekátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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