guillotine
Meaning of guillotine
noun
- A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade.
- A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
- A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.
- A surgical instrument for cutting the tonsils.
- To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.
- To end discussion on a parliamentary bill by invoking cloture.
Information about guillotine
- The plural form of guillotine is: guillotines.
- Languages in which guillotine is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of guillotine
guil-lo-tine
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- guillotine is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of guillotine
- Portuguese: guilhotina
- German: Guillotine, guillotinieren
- French: guillotine, guillotiner
- Spanish: guillotina, quillotinar
- Italian: ghigliottina
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