weed remover
- noun
- The new weed remover made pulling dandelions from the lawn quick and easy.
Examples
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Using a weed remover prevents the roots from breaking and growing back.
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She bought a stainless steel weed remover to help tidy up her garden beds.
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I bought a new weed remover yesterday.
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The weed remover works wonders in my garden.
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She bought a stainless steel weed remover to help tidy up her garden beds.
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The new weed remover made pulling dandelions from the lawn quick and easy.
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Using a weed remover prevents the roots from breaking and growing back.
Synonyms
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3.0
A small tool for pulling weeds from a garden or lawn
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3.2
A small hand tool for gardening with metal claws that removes weeds by the root
A farm tool that removes weeds from soil
A tool or machine that loosens soil and removes weeds
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a thing that removes weeds' is directly and predictably built from 'weed' (an unwanted plant) + 'remover' (something that removes), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it refers to a product or tool for removing weeds. This follows a common noun+noun compounding pattern (device or chemical that performs X) found cross-linguistically, making the expression transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Weed remover is a name that shows what the remover does: it pulls a weed out of the ground by its 'root', so the plant cannot 'grow back'.