Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word BILLHOOK
BILLHOOK
Definitions of BILLHOOK
- An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
- Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
- Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
- To use a billhook
- (ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
- (weapons) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
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