"string trimmer" meaning in English

See string trimmer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌstɹɪŋ ˈtɹɪmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌstɹɪŋ ˈtɹɪmɚ/ [General-American] Forms: string trimmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ) Etymology: From string + trimmer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|string|trimmer}} string + trimmer Head templates: {{en-noun}} string trimmer (plural string trimmers)
  1. (horticulture) A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects. Categories (topical): Horticulture Synonyms: edge trimmer, line trimmer, strimmer [Britain], weed eater [US], weed whacker [New-Zealand, South-Africa], weed whip, whipper snipper [Australia, Canada] Translations (powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.): desbrossadora [feminine] (Catalan), 剪草機 (Chinese Mandarin), 剪草机 (jiǎncǎojī) (Chinese Mandarin), ruohotrimmeri (Finnish), trimmeri (Finnish), coupe-bordure [masculine] (French), coupe-herbe [masculine] (French), débroussailleuse [feminine] (French), desbrozadora [feminine] (Galician), Rasentrimmer [masculine] (German), decespugliatore (Italian), frullino (Italian), rifinitore [masculine] (Italian), strînmeux [masculine] (Norman), gresstrimmer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), podkaszarka [feminine] (Polish), три́ммер (trímmer) [masculine] (Russian), desbrozadora [feminine] (Spanish), grästrimmer [common-gender] (Swedish), tıraş makinesi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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        "A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects."
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        ],
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          "rotating",
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        ],
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          "monofilament",
          "monofilament"
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          "line",
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          "cut",
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          "word": "strimmer"
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        {
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            "South-Africa"
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            "Canada"
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        }
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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        },
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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        },
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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          "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
          "word": "tıraş makinesi"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
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    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.",
      "word": "tıraş makinesi"
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  "word": "string trimmer"
}

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