EGAVE

trimmer

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective comparative form of trim: more trim
  2. noun One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
  3. noun A device used to trim.
    My new electric shaver has a beard trimmer attachment.
  4. noun A member of the crew who trims the sails.
  5. noun Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
  6. noun A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
  7. noun A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
  8. noun A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.

Similar words

trimmer joist trimming capacitor edger capacitors pruner ornamentor ornamentist truncator groomer trusser

Often followed by

and is capacitor in to was or capacitors for

Word family

trimmers

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