Handle and String

Handle

Handle noun - A part by which an implement is held.

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String and handle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "String" instead a noun "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

String noun - A length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things.

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Handle and string are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead a noun "String".

Nearby Words: stringed, stringing, stringy, stringer

old	old handle	old string
good	good handle	good string
long	long handle	long string
similar	similar handle	similar string
Other adjectives: short, certain, obvious, small, strong, actual, massive, large, big, huge, little, black, thin, new, broken, extra, changing, longer.

German "potato-masher" grenades used a friction igniter triggered with a pull string stored in the handle and protected by a screw on cap.

Source: Pin-Pulling Teeth
Oichi had her Cup and Ball (Kendama), although it effectively is used as a flail since it's a ball tied to a handle with a string.

Source: Weaponized Ball
In one episode of Shake It Up, Tinka flies off the handle when she learns that CeCe will be dancing with her brother Gunther instead of her and rattles off a very colorful string of words in the language of whatever country it is that she comes from.

Source: Pardon My Klingon

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String and Handle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/handle/string

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