How to pronounce sickle
American English pronunciation
SIK-ul
- IPA
- /ˈsɪkəl/
- Syllables
- SIK · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What sickle means
A hand tool with a curved blade for cutting tall grass
In a sentence: The farmer swung her sickle, and the tall grass fell in neat rows.
Where it comes from: It goes back to Old English, which borrowed it from a Latin word for the same tool. It's distantly related to scythe.
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