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blade
[ bleyd ]
/ bleÉŖd /
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Origin of blade
First recorded before 1000; Middle English blad(e), blaid āleaf, blade (of a plant or sword)ā; Old English blƦd āblade (of grass or an oar)ā; cognate with Dutch blad, Old Norse blath, German Blatt; akin to blow3
OTHER WORDS FROM blade
bladeĀ·less, adjectivemulĀ·tiĀ·blade, noununĀ·blade, verb (used with object), unĀ·bladĀ·ed, unĀ·bladĀ·ing.Words nearby blade
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British Dictionary definitions for blade
blade
/ (bleÉŖd) /
noun
Derived forms of blade
bladed, adjectiveWord Origin for blade
Old English blƦd; related to Old Norse blath leaf, Old High German blat, Latin folium leaf
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Scientific definitions for blade
blade
[ blÄd ]
- The expanded part of a leaf or petal. Also called lamina See more at leaf.
- The leaf of grasses and similar plants.
A stone tool consisting of a slender, sharp-edged, unserrated flake that is at least twice as long as it is wide. Blade tools were developed late in the stone tool tradition, after core and flake tools, and were probably used especially as knives.
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