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Meaning of "pruning hook" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRUNING HOOK

pruning hook play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRUNING HOOK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pruning hook is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRUNING HOOK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pruning hook in the English dictionary

The definition of pruning hook in the dictionary is a tool with a curved steel blade terminating in a hook, used for pruning.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRUNING HOOK

prudishness
pruina
pruinose
prunable
prune
prunella
prunelle
prunello
pruner
pruning
pruning knife
pruning knives
pruning shears
prunt
prunus
prurience
pruriency
prurient
pruriently
pruriginous

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRUNING HOOK

butcher´s hook
cant hook
crochet hook
curtain hook
dough-hook
fifi hook
fish hook
fish-hook
get the hook
grappling hook
hook
meat hook
off the hook
on one´s own hook
on the hook
reaping hook
shook
skyhook
sling one´s hook
unhook

Synonyms and antonyms of pruning hook in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pruning hook» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRUNING HOOK

Find out the translation of pruning hook to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pruning hook from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pruning hook» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

修剪钩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

podadera
570 millions of speakers

English

pruning hook
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छंटाई हुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هوك تشذيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обрезка крюк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poda de gancho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুদ্রণ হুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

serpe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cangkuk pemangkasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beschneiden Haken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

剪定フック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가지 치기 후크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pruning hook
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắt tỉa móc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கத்தரிக்காய் கொக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोपांची छाटणी हुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

budama bıçkısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la potatura gancio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hak przycinanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обрізка гак
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cârlig de tăiere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλάδεμα γάντζο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snoei haak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Kvistnings krok
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beskjæring kroken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pruning hook

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRUNING HOOK»

The term «pruning hook» is used very little and occupies the 179.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRUNING HOOK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pruning hook

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRUNING HOOK»

Discover the use of pruning hook in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pruning hook and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Grapes and Wine in the Balkans: An Ethno-linguistic Study
2 Pruning Hook of Type A: G кЛа0еитф1 Sterea Hellas - Arachova. 3 Pruning Hook of Type A: G KAaôeuTfpi Leukas. 4 Pruning Hook of Type A: Greece. 5 Pruning Hook of Type A: kosorë SE Albania. 6 Pruning Hook of Type A; A kiz Albania.
Olga Mladenova, 1998
2
The Metal Objects (1952-1989)
Iron pruning hook PI. 69 L. 0.29 m. W. 0.15 m. Th. 0.025 m. Northeast Cave, 1961 ; NB 40, p. 520. Heavily encrusted pruning hook. The hollow shaft provided for a wooden handle, the charred remains of which are still preserved. The blade is ...
Isabelle Kelly Raubitschek
3
Popular Mechanics
A Pruning Hook The pruning hook shown in the illustration is for cleaning the dead wood from raspberries, currants and other small fruit, as the handle per- Made of a Steel Rod mits it to be drawn towards the worker, thus making the task much ...
4
Revelation! What Did the First Audience Hear?: n
14 And behold, I saw a white cloud, and seated upon the cloud was one like the Son of Man, having a golden wreath upon His head and a sharp pruning hook in His hand. 15And another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying with a great ...
Roger Phillip Drews, 2012
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Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World
The Devil is God's tool, like a pruning hook or a hoe that he uses to cultivate his garden. The hoe takes pleasure in destroying the weeds for its own purpose, but it can never move out of God's hands or weed where he does not wish, ...
Jeffrey Burton Russell, 1990
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Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
As a tool the pruning hook in the Bible is a physical icon symbolizing *prosperity and *peace, as suggested by three famous parallel passages that speak of beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks (Is 2:4; Joel 3:10; Mic ...
Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, Tremper Longman III, 2010
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Congressional Series of United States Public Documents
... Towing Hook for corsets, Skirt-supporting Hook for harness Hook for harness Hook, Harness Hook, Harness ' Hook, Harness Hook, Harness-saddle Hook, Mannre - Hook, Moat Hook, Pruning - Hook, Pruning Hook, Pruning Hook, Rein Hook ...
‎1871
8
Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary
18:5, where NIV has, “pruning knives”). Pruning was necessary to remove superfluous twigs and shoots that would impair proper growth and maximum productivity. The exact shape of the pruning hook is not known. Pruning and the use of the ...
J. D. Douglas, Merrill C. Tenney, 2011
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Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic
To say that a pruning hook lacks virtue is to deny that it is a pruning hook; it has simply slipped into the larger class of cutting tools. As soon as a Forstner bit no longer drills a perfectly clean flat-bottomed hole, it makes sense to discard it, or, ...
Seth Benardete, 1992
10
God's Vineyard Israel
PRUNING THE VINEYARD: Pruning the vines was an important task and this duty was accomplished with a pruning hook. Vinedressers are those who do the pruning and in John 15:2 we have Jesus saying He is the vine and God is the ...
Desiree Van Niekerk, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRUNING HOOK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pruning hook is used in the context of the following news items.
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The pruning hook
Not so happy days! SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) has decreed that same sex marriage is to be demanded in all fifty states. Their justification ... «McCook Daily Gazette, Jun 15»
2
A Moral World Requires Moral Violence
... human beings will “beat their swords into plowshares / And their spears into pruning hooks.” But until that utopia arrives, there is nothing moral about pacifism. «Patriot Post, Jun 15»
3
Jewish Students Will Not Stand Idly By
The horror that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School is still remembered ... to beat our firearms into plowshares and our handguns into pruning hooks. «New Voices, Jun 15»
4
Pickles: A history
Whimsical though it may seem, the impulse to tell the story of a civilization through a single object—a spice, a silkworm, a microbe, a pruning hook—can be a ... «The Christian Century, Dec 14»
5
You'll Be Glad This Mind Control Handbook Doesn't Exist... Or Does It?
The "free offer" of a "hippocampus pruning hook" is a very nice touch, however. And the authentically worn-looking paperback cover, complete with thrift-store ... «io9, Oct 14»
6
Dear Christians With Guns
Within hours of the Sandy Hook shooting, Mike Huckabee told viewers on Fox .... calls for swords to be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. «Huffington Post, May 14»
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Borrowing Jesus
Israel-hating Christians borrow the Son of God not to beat swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks; they bring him on for more mundane acts. «The Commentator, Dec 13»
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Guns at a Starbucks in … Newtown, Conn.
But it was the Internet targeting of a Sandy Hook victim's father — his private ... call to `beat your swords into plowshares and your spears into pruning hooks«Washington Post, Aug 13»
9
A dangerous nun
"Transform Now Plowshares," read one banner, which pictured a bomb becoming a flower; "Swords into Plowshares, Spears into Pruning Hooks," read the other ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jun 13»
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Man gives burdensome AK-47 to Guns-to-Garden Tools
Martin pointed to Isaiah 2:4, which states “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Feb 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pruning hook [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pruning-hook>. May 2024 ».
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