lopper

What does lopper mean?

lopper means "a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees".

How many syllables are in lopper?

lopper has 2 syllables and divides as lop-per under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lopper?

Close synonyms include pruner, pruning hook. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lopper a common word?

lopper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lopper come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.