English Explanatory Dictionary

reamer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tool for boring a hole wider.
  2. A device for rendering citrus juice.
  3. A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.
  4. A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
  5. One who reams.
verb
  1. To use a reamer on something; to clear out something using a reamer.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹi.məɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reamer.wav

Word forms

reamer reamers reamering reamered

Etymology

From ream + -er.

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