Dictionary Entry
shears
shears is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cutting instrument. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 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 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses
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- 1noun
A cutting instrument.
- 2noun
An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances.
- 3noun
A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins.
- 4noun
A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
- 5noun
Anything in the form of shears.
- 6noun
A pair of wings.
- 7noun
An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle.
- 8noun
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe.
- 9noun
large scissors with strong blades
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