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Webster 1913 Edition


Reamer

Ream′er

(-ẽr)
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Noun.
One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.

Definition 2024


reamer

reamer

English

Noun

reamer (plural reamers)

  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.
Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈre.a.mer/, [ˈre.a.mɛr]

Verb

reamer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of reamō