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coupler
- /ˈkʌp(ə)lə/ UK
noun couplers
- Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
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Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
Another example of up-to-date practice is that all locomotives and rolling stock have automatic couplers.
Similar: coupling
- A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Talk about this word "coupler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coupler. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coupler. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coupler "coupler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coupler.
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@misc{coupler_2026,
title = {coupler},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coupler},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
