wire stripper

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   a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire

   Broaderhand tool

Questions about wire stripper

What does wire stripper mean?

wire stripper means "a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire".

Is wire stripper a common word?

wire stripper 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.