[{"word":"billhook","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A medieval polearm with a similar construct, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["Yorkshire bill","bill","block hook","broom hook","hack","hacker","handbill","hedge bill","hedging bill","hedging-bill","pruning hook","vine hook"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To use a billhook","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/billhook"]}]