English > edge tool: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | Any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane / plane or gouge). |
|---|
| Parts | handle, grip, handgrip, hold | The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it |
|---|
| knife edge, cutting edge | The sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife / knife |
| Narrower | adz, adze | An edge tool used to cut and shape wood |
|---|
| ax, axe | An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle |
| chisel | An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge |
| gouge | And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves |
| hand ax, hand axe | A stone tool with a cutting edge |
| hob | A hard steel edge tool used to cut gears |
| knife | edge tool used as a cutting instrument |
| pick, pickax, pickaxe | A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends |
| plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane | A carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood |
| razor | edge tool used in shaving |
| scissors, pair of scissors | An edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
| scythe | An edge tool for cutting grass |
| shear | A large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it |
| sickle, reaping hook, reap hook | An edge tool for cutting / cutting grass or crops |
| wire cutter | An edge tool used in cutting wire |
| Broader | cutter, cutlery, cutting tool | A cutting implement |
|---|
| Spanish | herramienta afiladora, instrumento con filo |
|---|
