pruning shears
noun
US
: a garden tool that is used for cutting off the branches of trees and bushes
a pair of pruning shears
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Remove a few inches from the branch tips using hand pruners or pruning shears.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
Choose a healthy stem with three to five segments and use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut it.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
Disinfect pruning shears, saws, loppers and other cutting tools before and between plants to avoid spreading diseases and pests from one plant to the next.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
These Fiskars pruning shears are a fall garden essential that are perfect for trimming back herbs, flowers and vines before winter sets in.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Here, time moves not by deadlines, but by pruning shears, budbreak, and fog breaks.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
Choose a healthy stem with three to five segments and use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut it.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
Disinfect pruning shears, saws, loppers and other cutting tools before and between plants to avoid spreading diseases and pests from one plant to the next.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
These Fiskars pruning shears are a fall garden essential that are perfect for trimming back herbs, flowers and vines before winter sets in.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Here, time moves not by deadlines, but by pruning shears, budbreak, and fog breaks.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Pruning shears.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pruning%20shears. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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