pruner

A noun referring to a tool used for trimming and thinning trees and shrubs, or a person who performs such work.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma ferramenta usada para podar e desbastar árvores e arbustos, ou a pessoa que faz esse trabalho.

1. Worker who trims plants B2 formal

   A person whose job is to cut away dead or overgrown branches from trees and shrubs to encourage healthy growth.

   • The pruner carefully shaped the hedge into a perfect rectangle.
   • A skilled pruner knows exactly which branches to remove.
   • The garden pruner worked all morning on the old apple trees.

   🇵🇹Podador

   Sinônimos: arboristloppertree surgeontrimmer

2. Gardening tool B2 formal

   A long-handled tool with a curved blade, used for cutting branches and trimming small trees.

   • He used a pruner to reach the high branches of the oak tree.
   • The pruner's sharp blade made clean cuts on the thick limbs.
   • She bought a new pruner for trimming the backyard shrubs.

   🇵🇹Tesoura de poda

   Sinônimos: pruning hook

• pruners plural form
• pruners' possessive plural form
• pruner's possessive singular form