spear
noun /spɪə(r)/
/spɪr/
- a weapon with a long wooden handle and a sharp metal point used for fighting, hunting and fishing in the past
enlarge image- She had a fish impaled on the point of her spear.
- The tribesmen were armed with spears and shields.
- a 5 000-year-old stone spear point
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hunting
- be armed with
- carry
- hold
- …
- point
- the point of a spear
- the long pointed stem of some plants
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Word OriginOld English spere, of Germanic origin; compare with Dutch speer and German Speer.