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blade
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- pronunciation:
- bleId
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the cutting part of a knife, sword, scissors, or the like.
- synonyms:
- cutting edge, edge
- similar words:
- cutter
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| definition 2: |
any kind of sword, such as a foil.
- synonyms:
- sword
- similar words:
- cutlass, dagger, foil, rapier
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| definition 3: |
the metal runner on an ice skate.
- synonyms:
- runner
- similar words:
- skate
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| definition 4: |
a plant leaf.
blades of grass- synonyms:
- lamina, leaf, leaflet, phyllome
- similar words:
- bract, frond, needle, petal, sepal
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| definition 5: |
a thin, flat part of a device or mechanism that pushes something such as air or water as it moves.
This electric fan has four blades that spin around.We could hear the whirling blades of the helicopter as came over the hill.- similar words:
- edge, sail
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| definition 6: |
either of two large flat triangular bones forming the back parts of the shoulders; shoulder blades.
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| related words: |
foible, knife |
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| derivations: |
bladed (adj.), bladelike (adj.) |
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