string trimmer

English

Etymology

The bottom of a string trimmer.

From string +‎ trimmer.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌstɹɪŋ ˈtɹɪmə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌstɹɪŋ ˈtɹɪmɚ/
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: string trim‧mer

Noun

string trimmer (plural string trimmers)

(horticulture) A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects.
Synonyms: edge trimmer, line trimmer, (Britain) strimmer, (US) weed eater, (New Zealand, South Africa) weed whacker, weed whip, (Australia, Canada) whipper snipper

Translations

powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc.

Catalan: desbrossadora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 剪草機／剪草机 (zh) (jiǎncǎojī)
Finnish: ruohotrimmeri, trimmeri
French: coupe-bordure (fr) m, coupe-herbe m, débroussailleuse (fr) f
Galician: desbrozadora f
German: Rasentrimmer m
Italian: decespugliatore (it), frullino (it), rifinitore m
Norman: strînmeux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gresstrimmer m
Polish: podkaszarka f
Russian: три́ммер (ru) m (trímmer)
Spanish: desbrozadora (es) f
Swedish: grästrimmer (sv) c
Turkish: tıraş makinesi (tr)

Further reading

string trimmer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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