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| figure skater |
an ice skater who is capable of tracing perfect figures onto the ice with the blade of his or her skate and executes athletic jumps and dance movements. |
| foil3 |
a narrow lightweight sword with a flexible blade, a flat handguard, and a blunt point, used in fencing. [1/2 definitions] |
| food processor |
an electric kitchen appliance having a container with various blade attachments used to grind, grate, chop, slice, mix or otherwise prepare food. |
| fret saw |
a fine-toothed saw with a narrow blade set in a U-shaped frame, used to cut ornamental patterns in wood and other materials. |
| froe |
a cleaving tool with the blade set at right angles to the handle. |
| gill fungus |
a fleshy fungus with blade-shaped gills on the underside of its cap; mushroom. |
| gouge |
a type of chisel with a blade shaped like a scoop, used primarily on wood. [1/7 definitions] |
| guillotine |
a device having a sharp blade that is dropped vertically between two guide posts in order to sever the head of the condemned person underneath. [1/2 definitions] |
| hacksaw |
a saw used to cut metal, with a tough, fine-toothed, short blade fixed in a frame. |
| halberd |
a shafted weapon of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with an axlike blade and a steel spear at the top. |
| hoe |
a garden tool with a flat crosswise blade at the end of a long handle, used for loosening the soil and weeding. [1/3 definitions] |
| ice skate |
a sturdy shoe or short boot with a sharp blade attached to the sole, used for skating on ice. |
| jackknife |
a large pocketknife whose blade can be folded into the handle. [1/2 definitions] |
| knife |
an instrument or utensil with a handle and a thin, sharp blade, used for cutting. [1/3 definitions] |
| kris |
a short, double-edged Malayan dagger, usu. having a wavy blade. |
| lamella |
a thin flat plate, scale, membrane, blade, or layer of bone or tissue, such as is found in or forms the gills of bivalve mollusks and mushrooms. |
| lamina |
the blade or expanded area of a leaf. [1/2 definitions] |
| lawn mower |
a machine with a rotary blade that cuts the grass of a lawn. |
| leading edge |
the front edge of an airfoil, propeller blade, or sail that faces the wind or direction of motion. [1/2 definitions] |
| ligule |
a thin membrane attached to the base of the blade of most grasses. [1/2 definitions] |
| machete |
a knife with a wide heavy blade, used esp. in the tropics to cut crops and clear paths, and as a weapon. |
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