Antonyms for sickle
ˈsɪk əlsick·le

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1. sicklenoun

   Synonyms:
   reaping hook, reap hook

2. sickleadjective

   Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

   a sickle moon

   Synonyms:
   reap hook, reaping hook

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1. • Edge Tool

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1. sickle, reaping hook, reap hooknoun

   an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle

   Synonyms:
   reap hook, reaping hook

How to use sickle in a sentence?

1. Ronit Lupu:

   This discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported, the grinding tools, mortars and pestles, like the basalt bowl, attest to technological skills as well as to the kinds of crafts practiced in the local community.

2. Ronit Lupu:

   On completion of the excavations at Shu?fat, it is quite evident that there was a thriving settlement in the Jerusalem area in ancient times. Thousands of years later, the buildings uncovered are of a standard that would not fall short of Jerusalem’s architecture, this discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported.

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