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divider

  • /dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/ UK

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PIE word

*dwóh₁

From divide + -er.

noun dividers

  1. One who or that which divides or separates. I was greatly his inferior, but love is a quick divider of shares: he that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack.
  2. A physical object for dividing up a space. It is perfectly possible to separate one area of a room from another, or even to create an entirely new room, with a lightweight room divider that assembles with a minimum of fuss.
  3. A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
  4. An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.
  5. A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
  6. The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.

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noun object that separates

Españolseparador
Portuguêsdivisor, separador
Françaisséparateur, intercalaire
DeutschTrennwand, Teiler
Italianodivisore
Русскийраздели́тель razdelítelʹ

noun person who separates

Portuguêsseparador, separadora
Italianodivisore

noun median of a highway

Françaisterre-plein
Italianospartitraffico
Русскийраздели́тельная полоса́ razdelítelʹnaja polosá

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@misc{divider_2026,
  title = {divider},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/divider},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}