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• Scissors — are hand operated cutting instruments consisting of a pair of metal blades connected in such a way that the blades meet and cut materials placed between them when the handles are brought together. They are used for cutting various thin materials …   Wikipedia

• scissors — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ blunt, sharp ▪ kitchen ▪ nail ▪ small … OF SCISSORS ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• scissors — [[t]sɪ̱zə(r)z[/t]] N PLURAL: also a pair of N (The form scissor is used as a modifier.) Scissors are a small cutting tool with two sharp blades that are screwed together. You use scissors for cutting things such as paper and cloth. He told me to… …   English dictionary

• small — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, get, grow ▪ The gap seemed to be getting smaller …   Collocations dictionary

• nail scissors — small scissors used to cut fingernails …   English contemporary dictionary

• scissors — An instrument with two blades, moving on a pivot, that cut against each other. SYN: shears. [L. scindo, pp. scissus, to cut] de Wecker s. a small s. with sharp points for intraocular cutting of the iris and lens capsule. Smellie s. obsolete term… …   Medical dictionary

• nail scissors — (usually used with a pl. v.) small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails. [1850 55] * * * ˈnail scissors [nail scissors] noun plural small scissors that are usually curved, used for cutting the nails on your… …   Useful english dictionary

• nail scissors — also nail scissors N PLURAL: also a pair of N Nail scissors are small scissors that you use for cutting your nails. Mishka got some nail scissors and started carefully trimming his fingernails. ...an old pair of nail scissors …   English dictionary

• nail scissors — (usually used with a pl. v.) small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails. [1850 55] * * * …   Universalium

• nail-scissors — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun plural : small scissors with slender shaft and brief curved blades that are used chiefly for shaping and trimming the fingernails …   Useful english dictionary

• Rock-paper-scissors — Roshambo redirects here. For the phonetically similar name and terms derived from it, see Rochambeau (disambiguation). For the bullying practice, see sack tapping. Rock paper scissors Rock paper scissors chart Years active Chinese Han Dynasty to… …   Wikipedia