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blade
What does blade mean?
blade (noun): the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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How do you pronounce blade?
/bleɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does blade come from?
From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “blade” mean?
health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect
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any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
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the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
Not quite: that's what climate means.
the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
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