short-handled
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4.4
- adjective
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de mango corto
- The gardener used a short-handled rake to gather the leaves more easily.
- a short-handled spade
- a short-handled shovel
- a short-handled spear
Examples
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The wall volley test required striking a whiffle ball continuously with a short-handled plastic paddle against a wall space 12 feet by 12 feet from a minimum distance of 8 feet.
Academic text (1993) -
It was Bronwyn, but before she reached me, a pursuing warrior threw a double-bladed, short-handled ax overhand, and it hit her in the back.
Fiction book (1991) -
He has a curved knife in one hand and a short-handled spear in the other.
Fiction book (1996) -
Gray Beard raises a short-handled lance and hurls it like a javelin.
Fiction book (1996) -
He lunges with a short-handled spear - ARAGORN
Fiction book (1996) -
"The janitor was holding a short-handled rake and raking up dry pine needles into a rubber basket."
Fiction book (1996) -
Using short-handled shovels, often digging at night to avoid detection, engineers created a network of trenches, tunnels, and underground chambers that stretched from the sea almost 400.
Academic text (2009) -
Double-barbed dart tags were inserted beside the dorsal fin into the musculature using a short-handled insertion needle.
Academic text (1994) -
He's taken what is useful from the bodies of the hunters—an otter-skin water bag, two short-handled spears, and a bedroll made from an animal pelt.
Fiction book (1996) -
He preferred the short-handled spade for digging in tight spaces.
Antonyms
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3.2
A tool like a broom or pan with a longer handle to reach high places without bending
How Long-Handled
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3.2
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4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Short-handled comes from the parts short ('not long') and handle ('the part you hold'), so it literally means 'having a handle that is shorter than usual'. That's why a short-handled brush or spade is useful for working in tight spaces.