strimmer

English edit

WOTD – 7 August 2021

Etymology edit

The base of a strimmer, showing the monofilament line which does the cutting.

A man using a strimmer in Mexico City, Mexico.

Blend of string +‎ trimmer, originally a trademark in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪmɚ/
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: strim‧mer

Noun edit

strimmer (plural strimmers)

(British, horticulture) Synonym of string trimmer (“a powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects”)
Synonyms: edge trimmer, line trimmer, (US) weed eater, (New Zealand, South Africa) weed whacker, weed whip, (Australia, Canada) whipper snipper

Derived terms edit

strim

Translations edit

synonym of string trimmer — see string trimmer

References edit

^ “Strimmer, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “strimmer, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading edit

string trimmer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams edit

Trimmers, trimmers

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