handled

1.0

An object like a cup with a part you hold made of wood or metal

adjective
/ˈhændəld/

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He walked around town in the finest of clothes with a huge diamond tie pin and a gold handled cane.

They're black bristled, black bristled, black handled, black brushes.

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Examples

If you have a toothbrush and it's a flat handled toothbrush like the one we showed you before here like that, you hold it, you start brushing your teeth like this.
And I think I do now have to invest in some sort of long handled mop to clean the ceiling and the walls.
I have not used this yet, but it's, you know, a handled if you want like a nicer handled spoolie situation.
I've ruined too many normal handled nippers by that.
They're black bristled, black bristled, black handled, black brushes.

Laura Lee
He walked around town in the finest of clothes with a huge diamond tie pin and a gold handled cane.
If you have a toothbrush and it's a flat handled toothbrush like the one we showed you before, you hold it, you start brushing your teeth like this.
And I think I do now have to invest in some sort of long handled mop to clean the ceiling and the walls.

Antonyms

handleless

6.8

An object without a part to hold when you pick it up

Compounds

long-handled

2 3.2

A tool like a broom or pan with a longer handle to reach high places without bending

long-handled spade

3.9

A digging tool with a long handle for reaching deep, narrow holes

pole-handled

6.5

A tool with a long pole attached to reach things

Surface Forms

handled positive

Morphology

handled = handle (transparent) = handle + ed

The combination of 'handle' and the adjectival/past-participle suffix '-ed' straightforwardly yields 'having a handle', which learners can derive from the base.

Etymology

Handled comes from handle, which is related to hand and means 'a part you hold'. So handled means 'with a handle', for example a wood-handled knife is a knife you can easily hold.