[sɔːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard, used for thrusting or striking and now typically worn as part of ceremonial dress


Phrases:
- beat swords into ploughshares
- fall on one's sword
- he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
- put to the sword
- the sword of justice

Origin:
Old English sw(e)ord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwaard and German Schwert