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Trimmer   /trˈɪmər/   Listen
Trimmer

noun
1.
A worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs.  Synonym: pruner.
2.
A machine that trims timber.
3.
Capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments.  Synonym: trimming capacitor.
4.
Joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc..  Synonym: trimmer joist.



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"Trimmer" Quotes from Famous Books



... authors of that poem, two Unknown gentlemen, respectively named Grungers and Scadgingtone. And Prince Arthur, nephew of King John of England, had described himself as tolerably comfortable in the seventh circle, where he was learning to paint on velvet, under the direction of Mrs. Trimmer and ...
— The Signal-Man #33 • Charles Dickens
... I meet them in the Forest, and they all seem fond of Argus. I'm sure you have made them extremely polite, Miss Pierson. I shall be very pleased to come to your school-feast, Mrs. Scobel; and I'll tell our good old Trimmer to make ...
— Vixen, Volume I. • M. E. Braddon


Words linked to "Trimmer" :   window trimmer, joist, trim, capacitance, trimming capacitor, condenser, machine, electrical condenser, pruner, trimmer arch, worker, capacitor


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