pair of scissors

Questions about pair of scissors

What does pair of scissors mean?

pair of scissors means "an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades".

What is another word for pair of scissors?

Close synonyms include scissors. 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 pair of scissors a common word?

pair of scissors 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.