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Tree pruner
Answer for the clue "Tree pruner ", 6 letters:
lopper
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Word definitions for lopper in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lopper \Lop"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loppered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loppering .] [Cf. Prov. G. l["u]bbern, levern, OHG. giliber[=o]n, G. luppe, lab, rennet.] To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a long-handled edge tool with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees [syn: pruner , pruning hook ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A person who lops. 2 A gardening tool used for lopping Etymology 2 vb. (context intransitive English) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
Usage examples of lopper.
When the lopper had laid it bare and the woodcutters had sapped its base, five men commenced hauling at the rope attached to the top.
The sergeant was drawing Lopper, his hand-and-a-half sword, and the Friendmaker, his expression grim.
Tools lay on the ground around him shovels, branch loppers, crowbars, two cans of poison-ivy spray.