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WEEDER

• WEEDER (noun)
The noun WEEDER has 2 senses:

1. a farmhand hired to remove weeds
2. a hand tool for removing weeds

Familiarity information: WEEDER used as a noun is rare.

• WEEDER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A farmhand hired to remove weeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("weeder" is a kind of...):

farm worker; farmhand; field hand; fieldhand (a hired hand on a farm)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A hand tool for removing weeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

weed-whacker; weeder

Hypernyms ("weeder" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

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Useful links:
Pronunciation of farm worker
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Pronunciation of farmhand
Meaning of fieldhand
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