pruner

1. 1.

   a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs

   “untouched by the pruner's axe”

   Synonymstrimmer

   Broaderworker
2. 2.

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

   Synonymspruning hooklopper

   Broaderpruning saw

Other forms of pruner

plural

pruners·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pruner

What does pruner mean?

pruner means "a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pruner?

pruner has 2 syllables: pru-ner. The stress falls on "pru". In IPA it is /ˈpɹunɚ/.

What is another word for pruner?

Close synonyms include trimmer, pruning hook, lopper. 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 pruner a common word?

pruner 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.