English Explanatory Dictionary

plodder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who, or animal that, plods.
  2. A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.
  3. A machine for extruding soap, margarine, etc. through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.

Word forms

plodder plodders

Etymology

From Middle English plodder, equivalent to plod + -er.

Related words

extruder

Translations

Belarusian: мару́да French: bâilleur French: bâilleuse German: Arbeitstier Māori: waewae pakiaka Polish: grzebuła Polish: guzdrała Polish: maruda Polish: maruder Polish: ślamazara Polish: ślamazarnik Russian: копу́ша Russian: копу́н Russian: копу́нья Walloon: londjin Walloon: bezén
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