kêr — meaning in English

English meaning

• cleaver noun A heavy, wide-bladed knife used mainly by butchers for chopping through meat and bone.
• coulter noun A blade fixed in front of a plough that slices through the soil ahead of the main share.
• donkey noun A domesticated animal related to the horse, with long ears and a braying call, used for riding and carrying loads.
• easel noun A stand, usually with three legs, used to hold up a canvas or board for painting or display.
• knife noun A tool with a flat, usually metal blade sharpened along one edge and fixed to a handle, used for cutting.
• shiv noun A makeshift knife, often improvised from an everyday object.
• whittle verb To shape a piece of wood by slicing off small slivers with a knife.

Senses

kêr is used for these senses in English:

• cleaver A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
• donkey A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
• easel An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.
• he-ass A male ass, male donkey.
• razor clam A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
• shiv A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
• whittle A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.

coulter — full definition

1. noun A blade fixed in front of a plough that slices through the soil ahead of the main share.
2. noun The part of a seed drill that cuts a furrow so seed can drop into the ground.