weeder

A noun referring to either a farmhand hired to remove weeds or a hand tool designed for removing weeds.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant soit un ouvrier agricole employé pour arracher les mauvaises herbes, soit un outil manuel conçu pour les éliminer.

1. Farm laborer B2 formal

   A worker, typically on a farm, who is employed to remove unwanted plants (weeds) from fields or gardens.

   • The farmer hired a weeder for the summer season.
   • Weeders work long hours in the fields during the growing season.
   • The weeder carefully removed the thistles from the crop rows.

   🇫🇷sarcleur (ouvrier agricole)

   Synonymes: farmhandfield hand

2. Gardening tool B1 formal

   A hand tool designed specifically for extracting weeds from the ground, often with a forked or hooked end.

   • She used a weeder to pull out the dandelions from the lawn.
   • The weeder is an essential tool for any gardener.
   • He bought a new weeder with a comfortable handle.

   🇫🇷Outil de désherbage

• weeders plural form
• weeders' possessive plural form
• weeder's possessive singular form