pruner

pruner is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
2. noun. Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.
3. noun. a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

   Synonyms: lopper

4. noun. a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs

   "untouched by the pruner's axe"

   Synonyms: trimmer

Synonyms

lopper, trimmer

Common word forms

pruners

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