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sharp-edged

sharp-edged
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shahrp ejd]
    • /ʃɑrp ɛdʒd/
    • /ʃɑːp edʒd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shahrp ejd]
    • /ʃɑrp ɛdʒd/

Definitions of sharp-edged word

  • adjective sharp-edged having a fine edge or edges. 1
  • adjective sharp-edged acute and caustic: a sharp-edged wit. 1
See all 2 definitions of sharp-edged

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Origin of sharp-edged

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Old English scearpecgede (not recorded in ME); see sharp, edge, -ed3

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Parts of speech for Sharp-edged

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sharp-edged

sharp-edged popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for sharp-edged

adj sharp-edged

  • acuate — to sharpen
  • acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
  • apical — of, at, or being the apex
  • horned — made of horn.
  • knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.

adjective sharp-edged

  • edged — having an edge or edges (often used in combination): dull-edged; a two-edged sword.
  • honed — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
  • keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
  • knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
  • needlelike — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
All 12 Synonyms of sharp-edged

Related words

  • cultrate

    shaped like a knife blade

  • disk harrow

    a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.

  • grate

    a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.

  • knife

    an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.

  • merese

    (on a stemmed glass) a flat, sharp-edged knop joining the stem to the bowl or foot.

  • razor

    a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
All related words to sharp-edged

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