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Definition of scissors noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scissors

noun
 
/ˈsɪzəz/
 
/ˈsɪzərz/
 [plural]
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  1. a tool for cutting paper or cloth that has two sharp blades (= cutting edges) with handles, joined together in the middle
    • a pair of scissors
    see also nail scissors
    Extra Examples
    • Don't use these scissors to cut paper or card.
    • These scissors don't cut very well.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blunt
    • sharp
    • kitchen
    • …
    … of scissors
    • pair
    verb + scissors
    • cut something with
    • use
    scissors + verb
    • cut
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French cisoires, from late Latin cisoria, plural of cisorium ‘cutting instrument’, from cis-, variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut’. The spelling with sc- (16th cent.) was by association with the Latin stem sciss- ‘cut’.
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