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Uncommonsickle
The correct spelling is sickle.
How to pronounce sickle
/ˈsɪkl̩/
nounIPA: /ˈsɪkl̩/
Say it like: Sik-le
The correct spelling is sickle. An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops. For example: "a sickle moon"
Usage Examples
“a sickle moon”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
- 2.Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
verb
- 1.To cut with a sickle.
- 2.To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
- 3.Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
adjective
- 1.Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
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