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lopper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lopper has 1 sense
- lopper(n = noun.artifact) pruner, pruning hook - a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees; Array is a kind of pruning saw
Derived forms verb lop2, verb lop1
CIDE DICTIONARY
lopper, n.
One who lops or cuts off. [1913 Webster]
lopper, v. i. [Cf. Prov. G. lÜbbern, levern, OHG. giliber, G. luppe, lab, rennet.].
To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
lopper
Density
VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.
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