bill
1
8.9
- noun
- /bɪl/
- Archaic
- To maintain the health of the plants, she reached for her trusty bill to cut away the dead branches.
Examples
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The curved bill within Red Valve's Series 39F inline check valve enables it to seal around entrapped debris during flood control operations.
Academic text (2000) -
The gardener used a bill to prune the overgrown branches of the tree.
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He carefully sharpened the bill before tackling the thick shrubs in the garden.
Synonyms
30
2.8
A small tool with blades used to cut hair or nails
2
4.2
A tool with a long handle and curved blade for cutting small branches
1
6.2
A long-handled tool with a sharp blade for cutting small tree branches
1
7.2
A tool with a long handle and a curved blade used to cut small tree branches and shrubs
1
9.1
A tool with a short curved blade for cutting small branches and shrubs
1
4.7
A small tool with a curved blade for cutting and trimming plants
1
8.3
A small hand tool with a curved blade and short handle for cutting wheat and grass
Idioms
18
3.3
An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems
Compounds
- Formal
96
3.3
A written list of the main freedoms people have in a country's constitution
- Formal
20
6.7
A proposal that lets the government spend public money for a specific purpose
18
3.8
An official report that says a person, project, or group is well and able to continue
9
1.1
A paper or email that shows how much you must pay each month for services like electricity
- Specialized
7
6.9
A short-term loan to the U.S. government that you buy for less and the government repays within one year
- Formal
7
3.7
Written paper that shows one person sells a thing like a car to another who becomes the owner
- Specialized
5
4.6
A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest
- Formal
3
7.0
An official document showing a transport company has received goods and saying how and when they will be delivered
- Formal
1
8.6
A written charge by a government lawyer saying someone committed a crime
- Jargon
1
9.9
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- Formal
1
9.9
A written list that the prosecution gives to show the specific charges and facts about what the accused did
- Formal
1
9.9
A law that declares a person guilty and punishes them without a trial
- US
1
5.6
A law that makes people pay a small deposit for drink containers and get it back when they recycle them
- Formal
1
7.5
A written order telling one person or bank to pay money to another at a set time
- Formal
1
9.9
A court action asking the same court to change or reverse its previous decision
- Indian
An official paper that lists goods coming into or leaving a country for customs
- Specialized
A document that makes one company responsible for goods moved by two or more kinds of transport
- Specialized
A paper showing the goods stay on the same ship without transfer
- Formal
A document that covers goods carried by two or more types of transport under one contract
- Specialized
A small plant with fern-like leaves, pink flowers, and a long beak-like seed pod
- New Zealand
A plant from New Zealand that stays green all year with beak-shaped red or white flowers
- Specialized
A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bill for a hooked tool comes from the same old idea of a blade or hooked 'cutting tool' that looks like a beak. So a bill is a curved blade used for pruning or, long ago, as a weapon.