noun
Meaning 1
A person who makes something smooth or shiny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
polisher
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noun
Meaning 2
A tool that makes something smooth or shiny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A machine that makes something smooth or shiny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Where do you keep the floor-polisher?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: polishing machine
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who refines something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a polisher of stories
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a power tool used to buff surfaces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buffer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: power tool
History
Etymology
From polish + -er.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: polidor — person who makes something smooth and shiny
- Finnish: kiillottaja — person who makes something smooth and shiny
- German: Polierer — person who makes something smooth and shiny
- German: Schleifer — person who makes something smooth and shiny
- Catalan: polidora — tool
- Finnish: kiillotin — tool
- Galician: puidoiro — tool
- Hungarian: csiszoló — tool
- Hungarian: fényező — tool
- Hungarian: fényesítő — tool
- Hungarian: polírozó — tool
- Catalan: polidora — machine
- Finnish: kiillotin — machine
- Finnish: kiillotuskone — machine
- German: Poliermaschine — machine
- Hungarian: csiszológép — machine
- Hungarian: csiszoló — machine
- Portuguese: polidora — machine
- Spanish: pulidora — machine
- Catalan: polidor — person who refines
- Finnish: viimeistelijä — person who refines