reamer
noun
- rotary cutting tool
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹi.məɹ/
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English ream Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English reamer From ream + -er.
- 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.”
- A device for rendering citrus juice.
- A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.
- A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
- 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
Etymology: Etymology tree English ream Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English reamer From ream + -er.
- To use a reamer on something; to clear out something using a reamer.