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How to pronounce lopper in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pruner, pruning hook
Type of pruning saw
Derivation lop

Examples of lopper

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Small limbs within reach can be removed with pruning shears or a pole-lopper.
From the kentucky.com
Cut stems up to an inch-and-a-half across with a long handled lopper.
From the sltrib.com
I have the new ratchet-drive lopper on my holiday wish list.
From the kentucky.com
If an arborist or tree lopper is required, obtain a quote and reach prior agreement about who will cover the cost.
From the smh.com.au
Lopper and Lohse are both 2-0 with solid earned run averages, while Wellemeyer and Brad Thompson each sport 1-0 records.
From the fresnobee.com
With bow saw lopper and mattock and the help of schoolchildren and volunteers, I used to spend day after day hacking down the heath.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
Similarly, my 61-year-old dad's belief that he is still in his physical prime is never stronger than when behind a giant lopper.
From the guardian.co.uk
With a power-packing pair of extension-handled ratcheting lopper, the human force required to snip through a three-inch branch is reduced dramatically.
From the kentucky.com
These few hand-pruner, lopper or pole-saw cuts can save hundreds, even thousands of dollars in the future when the tree might have split and hit the house, the car or power lines.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • Pruner: a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
  • Loppers are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches. They are the largest type of manual garden cutting tool. They are usually operated with two hands, and with handles around 65 cm long to give good leverage. ...
  • (Lopping) Pruning is a horticultural practice involving the selective removal of parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots. ...
  • (Lopping) An older term for the pruning of side branches, previously this was accomplished with a single vertical cut. Three special cuts are used to reduce the stress to the rest of the tree in modern tree surgery.
  • (Lopping) Cutting branches off a tree.
  • (lopping) cutting tree tops to a maximum specified height above the ground after a tree is felled.
  • Tool for two-handed cutting of larger stems.