blade

/bleɪd/noun
ElementaryNot in standard dictionaries
1

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

2

A sword or knife.

3

Ellipsis of razor blade.

4

The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

5

The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.

6

The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).

7

A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.

8

A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).

9

The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.

10

A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.

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