long-handled
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- adjective
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- With long-handled hoes, they carefully scraped off the overlying sediment, then switched to trowels to expose the bodies.
- long-handled spoon
- long-handled brush
- long-handled shovel
This is called the long handled shovel.
- This is called the long handled shovel.
Examples
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With long-handled squeegees, women wage daily war against dust and marks made by pigeons on the exquisite ceramic tile sidewalks.
Fiction book (1993) -
The long-handled shovel made it easier for her to reach the back of the garden.
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This is called the long handled shovel.
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The man swept steadily with a long-handled broom.
Fiction book (1998) -
When she doubled back, she saw him there with his wheelbarrow and a long-handled shovel.
Fiction book (2000) -
I have a long-handled, foldable net with a mesh basket.
Blog text (9) -
Using a long-handled brass snuffer, I extinguished the three fat candles.
Fiction book (1998) -
I went down to the stream to see what it was like, carrying a long-handled salmon net I used for snapping turtles on the open lake.
Fiction book (1996) -
He speared every slice with a long-handled fork and rotated them under the broiler.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's a Kodiak long-handled shovel with a round, serrated blade, on a 48-inch, oak handle contractor grid.
Synonyms
A tool with a long pole attached to reach things
Antonyms
How Long-Handled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Long-handled combines long ('not short') and handle ('a part you hold'), so it means 'having a handle that is longer than usual'. That's why a long-handled pan or broom helps you reach high places or avoid bending over.