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reap hook

reap hook

9.8
A hand tool with a curved blade and short handle for cutting grass or crops
  • noun
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  • He swung the reap hook in a practiced arc to cut the tall grass.

Examples

  • The farmer sharpened his reap hook before heading out to the fields.

  • The farmer used a reap hook to cut the grass.

  • During the harvest festival, antique reap hooks were displayed as part of the exhibition.

  • I saw many reap hooks in the old barn.

  • He swung the reap hook in a practiced arc to cut the tall grass.

  • The farmer sharpened his reap hook before heading out to the fields.

  • During the harvest festival, antique reap hooks were displayed as part of the exhibition.

Synonyms

sickle
vsreap hook
21 5.6

A small hand tool with a curved blade for cutting grass or crops

is the same tool but uses a two-word descriptive name
reaping hook
vsreap hook
  • Archaic
8.3

A small hand tool with a curved blade and short handle for cutting wheat and grass

is identical in meaning but uses the base noun form without -ing

How Big

mower
69 1.0
scythe
12 6.7
reap hook
9.8

Surface Forms

reap hook singular
reap hooks plural

Morphology

reap + hook

The compound transparently combines 'reap' (to harvest or cut crops) with 'hook' (a curved implement), so the sense 'a curved tool for cutting/harvesting' is directly derivable from the constituents. Even if the specific label is rare, the noun‑forming pattern is compositional and cross‑linguistically predictable, making it understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Reap hook is a name for a small hand tool with a curved blade used at harvest. The word reap means 'to cut and gather crops' and the word hook shows its bent shape, so the name tells you what the tool looks like and what it does.