noun Download 🔗Share The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword. Examples : "The chef sharpened the blades of his knives before starting to prepare dinner. " weapon utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc. Examples : "The hockey player sharpened the blades of his skates before the big game. " part utensil sport technical machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal. Examples : "The gardener carefully trimmed the blades of grass to create a smooth, even lawn. " plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina. Examples : "The blades of the tulip leaves were broad and smooth. " plant biology nature part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade. Examples : "The doctor examined the patient's blades carefully after the fall, checking for any fractures. " anatomy body physiology organ part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck). Examples : "The butcher recommended blades for stewing because they are flavorful and tender when cooked slowly. " food part animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants. Examples : "The phonetics student learned to feel the difference in tongue position, especially how the blades of their tongues touched their alveolar ridges when pronouncing "t" and "d." " phonetics linguistics language anatomy body physiology part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sword or knife. Examples : "The chef kept his blades sharp for preparing the vegetables. " weapon utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone. Examples : "Archaeologists carefully excavated the site, hoping to find ancient blades used for cutting meat or scraping animal hides. " archaeology weapon material item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude. Examples : "During the ultimate frisbee game, Sarah surprised everyone with several impressive blades, curving the disc sharply around the defender. " sport attitude action direction Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel. Examples : "The sailboat's blades helped the captain steer accurately through the waves. " nautical sailing vehicle part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle. Examples : "The construction worker carefully adjusted the blades of the bulldozer to level the ground for the new parking lot. " machine vehicle agriculture industry technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A dashing young man. Examples : "Seeing those young blades in their tailored suits enter the restaurant, all heads turned. " person style human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Thin plate, foil. Examples : "The ceiling fan has three blades that spin to cool the room. " material part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera. Examples : "The photographer adjusted the camera, carefully setting the aperture by controlling the movement of the blades. " technology electronics device machine part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof. Examples : "The carpenter carefully inspected the blades supporting the roof of the old barn. " architecture building structure part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell. Examples : "The artisan carefully worked on the intricate carvings on the sea turtle's blades. " animal body part material biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.) Examples : "While visualizing higher-dimensional geometric algebra is difficult, imagine a simple plane; in that context, a 2-blade represents the oriented area of a parallelogram. " math physics technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The part of a key that is inserted into the lock. Examples : "The security guard checked that the blades of all the master keys were clean before placing them on the hook. " part item device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A kind of piton used in thin cracks. Examples : "The climber carefully hammered the blades into the narrow crack in the rock face, hoping they would hold his weight. " sport technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading