noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who makes something smooth or shiny.
2. 2
   a power tool used to buff surfaces wordnet
3. 3
   A tool that makes something smooth or shiny.
4. 4
   A machine that makes something smooth or shiny.

   "Where do you keep the floor-polisher?"

5. 5
   A person who refines something.

   "a polisher of stories"

Synonyms

All synonyms

bufferbufferironpolishing machinesandersmoother

Example

More examples

"Yanni used a glass polisher to remove scratches on his windshield."

Etymology

From polish + -er.

Related phrases

French polisherapple-polisherknob polishernail-polishershoe-polisher

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