reamer

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reamer¹

  • /ˈɹi.məɹ/ US

Rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)

noun reamers

  1. 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.
  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.
  5. 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 reamers · reamering · reamered

  1. transitive To use a reamer on something; to clear out something using a reamer.

Reamer²

proper noun Reamers

  1. A surname.

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verb tool for boring

Españolescariador, troquel
Françaisalésoir
DeutschReibahle, Räumahle, Räumer
Italianoalesatore, trapano, perforatore, punta di trapano
Русскийразвёртка razvjórtka

verb cooking appliance

Españolexprimidor
Françaispresse-citron
Italianospremiagrumi

verb pipe tool

Françaisgrattoir
Italianoscovolino, scovolo

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@misc{reamer_2026,
  title = {reamer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reamer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}