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round-nose

round-nose

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Pliers with smooth rounded jaws used to bend wire and make loops
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • For making jewelry, I often reach for my round-nose pliers to create perfect loops in the wire.

Examples

  • She reached for her round-nose when making earrings in her workshop.

  • Electricians often carry round-nose for shaping and bending wires during installations.

  • The jeweler used round-nose to create perfect loops in the silver wire.

  • I need a pair of round-nose pliers for my jewelry project.

  • The round-nose pliers are perfect for making loops.

  • She prefers to use round-nose pliers because they are ideal for bending wire without kinks.

  • The electrician used round-nose pliers to form neat loops at the ends of the wires.

Surface Forms

round-nose singular
round-noses plural

Morphology

round-nose = round + nose (transparent) = round + nose

Used attributively to name pliers with rounded jaws; the instrumentation name is a straightforward compound describing their rounded tip.

Etymology

Round-nose is made of round and nose, where nose means the 'end' or 'point' of something, like the 'nose of a car'. So a round-nose plier or tool has smooth, curved jaws or tips for bending wire and making neat loops.