"wire cutters" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wire cutters [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=wire cutters}} wire cutters pl (normally plural, singular wire cutters)
  1. A hand tool resembling pliers, intended for cutting wires. Wikipedia link: wire cutters Tags: plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: diagonal pliers, diags, side cutters Translations (hand tool): قَاطِعُ الْأَسْلَاك (qāṭiʕu l-ʔaslāk) [masculine] (Arabic), štípací kleště [feminine, plural] (Czech), štipky [feminine, plural] (Czech), draadschaar [feminine] (Dutch), sivuleikkurit [plural] (Finnish), pince coupante [feminine] (French), Seitenschneider [masculine] (German), κόφτης (kóftis) [masculine] (Greek), tronchese [feminine, masculine] (Italian), tronchese a taglio laterale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ニッパー (nippā) (Japanese), alicate de corte diagonal [masculine] (Portuguese), куса́чки (kusáčki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), sečice [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), cortaalambres [masculine] (Spanish), alicates de corte [masculine, plural] (Spanish), alicates de corte lateral [masculine, plural] (Spanish), sidavbitare [common-gender] (Swedish), avbitartång (Swedish)

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