scissors

Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades that is connected in such a way that the sharpened edges slide against each other. Scissors are used for cutting various thin materials, such as paper, cardboard, metal foil, thin plastic, cloth, rope and wire.

See also

• clippers
• shears

The following tags are aliased to this tag: scissor (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: holding_scissors (learn more).