shears synonyms

shears

n.

cutters, clippers, scissors, snips, nippers, snippers.

Types of shears include: lever, alligator, crocodile, barber's, blending, cuticle, dressmaker's, metal-cutting, grass, sheepshearing, revolving, rotary, pruning, pinking, buttonhole, guillotine, power; shearing machine.

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