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单词 ulu
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Definition of ulu in English:

ulu

nounPlural ulus ˈuːluːˈo͞olo͞o
  • A short-handled knife with a broad crescent-shaped blade traditionally used by Inuit women.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She held only her ulu (crescent-knife) in hand.
    • Stone tools tend to be polished slate rather than chipped stone, and include lanceolate knives, projectile heads, and the ulu transverse-bladed knife.
    • Buy an ulu knife to use in your kitchen back home.
    • A small brass pendant shaped like an ulu hung below her chest as she sat in the witness chair, wearing a black and brown sweater and black jeans.
    • Converting the tool back-and-forth from an ulu to a hatchet is merely a matter of spreading the locking Zytel handles and reversing them.

Origin

Inuit.

 
 

Definition of ulu in US English:

ulu

nounˈo͞olo͞o
  • A short-handled knife with a broad crescent-shaped blade traditionally used by Inuit women.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stone tools tend to be polished slate rather than chipped stone, and include lanceolate knives, projectile heads, and the ulu transverse-bladed knife.
    • Buy an ulu knife to use in your kitchen back home.
    • Converting the tool back-and-forth from an ulu to a hatchet is merely a matter of spreading the locking Zytel handles and reversing them.
    • She held only her ulu (crescent-knife) in hand.
    • A small brass pendant shaped like an ulu hung below her chest as she sat in the witness chair, wearing a black and brown sweater and black jeans.

Origin

Inuit.

 
 
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