Reamer
//ˈɹi.məɹ// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tool for boring a hole wider.
"allowance at the bottom of blind bores for the chamfered tip of the reamer will obviate additional operations with shouldering or bottoming reamers to completely finish the entire length of a hole."
- 2 a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes wordnet
- 3 A device for rendering citrus juice.
- 4 a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit wordnet
- 5 A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.
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- 6 A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
- 7 One who reams.
"“Just to be clear, old-timer, I'm not always the sucker, and he's not always the reamer.” “Though, he does ream me nightly.” “Adolfo, you dirty dog.”"
Verb
- 1 To use a reamer on something; to clear out something using a reamer. transitive
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"allowance at the bottom of blind bores for the chamfered tip of the reamer will obviate additional operations with shouldering or bottoming reamers to completely finish the entire length of a hole."
Etymology
From ream + -er.
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