blade
/bleɪd/ noun B2- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- A sword or knife.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
Plural blades
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Even the grass was not green, for the sun had burned the tops of the long blades until they were the same gray color to be seen everywhere.
His axe was near him, but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off short.
Others polished the blade until all the rust was removed and it glistened like burnished silver.
And that is a chisel, both handle and blade,
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