Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of handle
- not comparableHaving a handle or handles, often of a specified number or kind.
a two-handled drinking cup
2 more examples
A rake is a long-handled toothed gardening tool.
The evil-smelling larrikin, beer-imbued — The evil-loving brute-man homeward goes, He kicks his dirty children with his boot, Cursing their hunger, — and his poor worn wife With cold flat-irons and handled broom awaits His coming, to revile his drinking hard.
1881 December 3, Sydney Punch, page 8, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a usually specified type of handle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
handled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handled
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