Evener
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, makes even.
"Hers is not simply a plea for the value of tragedy, for that awareness of death which increases incentives for life; it is rather a negative use of death as the great leveler, the evener of scores."
- 2 In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast. dated
- 3 A raddle (instrument used by weavers).
Adjective
- 1 comparative form of even: more even comparative, form-of
"I prefer the white pine, because it is less liable to gutter with the rain, and makes an evener roof."
Synonyms
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More examples"I prefer the white pine, because it is less liable to gutter with the rain, and makes an evener roof."
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