trimming shears

Hedge-cutting tool pair

Trimming shears are scissors designed for cutting and shaping plants, hair, or fabric.

In gardening, they're handheld tools for pruning hedges, shrubs, and grass edges—smaller and more precise than hedge clippers.

Hairdressers use trimming shears to shape and thin hair.

The term emphasizes precision work rather than bulk cutting: She used trimming shears to neaten the boxwood border.

Related
  • pruningCutting vegetation for health
  • snipsSmall cuts or cuttings
  • bladesSharp flat cutting parts
  • clippersHandheld cutting implements
  • hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs

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scale and power of cutting tool

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Grass-cutting machine

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G