scissors
Word family verbscissornounscissorerscissorbillscissortailscissorsadverbscissorwise
scis·sors /ˈsɪzəz $ -ərz/ ●●● S3 noun [plural] pair of scissors• Downstairs he found Beryl at the table with the newspaper, her coffee and a pair of scissors.• Lewie took out a pair of scissors and with this big smile on his face cut off my tie.• This represents a pair of scissors, Holmes.• Thereupon, she said a prayer, took a pair of scissors and cut it off.• She snipped crisp green stalks with a pair of scissors.• We might have found the pair of scissors that killed Nicola Sharpe. Origin scissors (1300-1400) Old French cisoires, from Late Latin cisorium “cutting tool”, from Latin caedere “to cut”