Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 9 compound words that contain shears. The most common are listed below. Open shears in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- pruning shearsA tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for gardening.
- pinking shearsA pair of scissors with zigzag cutting edges, used to cut fabric: the zigzag edge helps keep the fabric from fraying.
- texturizing shearsA type of shears used in hairstyling. One edge is serrated, like a hair comb.
- alligator shearsplural of alligator shear: A metal-cutting shear with a hinged jaw, powered by a flywheel or hydraulic cylinder.
- crocodile shearsplural of crocodile shear: alligator shear
- garden shearsSynonym of pruning shears: A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for gardening.
- trauma shearsA kind of scissors with a bent blade, used by paramedics etc. to cut clothing quickly and safely from injured people.
- guillotine shearsA heavy-duty machine for cutting thick materials with a straight, downward blade motion for high precision.
- squaring shearsplural of squaring shear: A machine, often operated by foot pedal or hydraulics, used to cut sheet metal in a straight line to create 90-degree angles and trim edges to create perpendicular corners.
- lever shearsSynonym of throatless shear: A cutting tool used to make complex straight and curved cuts in sheet metal.
- purchase shearsA very strong kind of shears, having removable cutters, and a strong spring at the back.
- wind shearsplural of wind shear: Variation in wind speed or direction over a short spatial distance.
- pair of shearsshears
- pairs of shearsplural of pair of shears: shears
- knight of the shearsA tailor.
- knights of the shearsplural of knight of the shears: A tailor.
Compound words 9
- woolshearsShears for clipping wool.
- Brashearsplural of Brashear: A surname.
- Blackshearsplural of Blackshear: A surname.
- clipshearsplural of clipshear: Earwig
- megashearsplural of megashear: A very large shear, typically tens to hundreds of kilometres in length.
- microshearsplural of microshear: Extremely small-scale shear (response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress).
- shearsmanAlternative form of shearman: One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
- shearsmenplural of shearsman: One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
- windshearsplural of windshear: Variation in wind speed or direction over a short spatial distance.