Meanings
nouneraser (plural erasers)
plural erasers
- One who erases.
- CanadaPhilippinesUSAn object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
- computingAn overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Italic*razdō
- Latinradō
- Latinērādō
- Latinērāsus
- Englisherase
- Englisheraser
Translations
Afrikaans uitveër, wisser
- uitveërthing used to erase something written or drawn
- wisserthing used to erase something written or drawn
Arabic مِمْحَاة, مِمْحَاة
- مِمْحَاة (mimḥāh)chalkboard eraser
- مِمْحَاة (mimḥāh)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- مَسَّاحَة (massāḥa)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- مَحَّايَة (maḥḥāya)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- أَسْتِيكَة (ʔastīka)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Basque ezabagoma
- ezabagomathing used to erase something written or drawn
Bengali রবার, গাম
- রবার (robar)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- গাম (gam)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Bulgarian гъ́ба за дъска́, гъ́ба
- гъ́ба за дъска́ (gắba za dăská)chalkboard eraser
- гъ́ба (gắba)chalkboard eraser
- гу́ма за трие́не (gúma za triéne)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- гу́ма (gúma)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- гу́мичка (gúmička)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Catalan goma, goma d'esborrar
- gomathing used to erase something written or drawn
- goma d'esborrarthing used to erase something written or drawn
Chinese Cantonese 擦膠 /擦胶, 膠擦 /胶擦
- 擦膠 /擦胶 (caat³ gaau¹)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- 膠擦 /胶擦 (gaau¹ caat³)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- 擦紙膠 /擦纸胶 (caat³ zi² gaau¹)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Chinese Mandarin 黑板擦, 板擦
- 黑板擦 (hēibǎncā)chalkboard eraser
- 板擦 (bǎncā)chalkboard eraser
- 橡皮 (xiàngpí)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- 橡皮擦子 (xiàngpí cāzi)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- 橡皮擦 (xiàngpícā)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Czech guma, zmizík
- gumathing used to erase something written or drawn
- zmizíkthing used to erase something written or drawn
Danish tavlesvamp, viskelæder
- tavlesvampchalkboard eraser
- viskelæderthing used to erase something written or drawn
Dutch gom, gum
- gomthing used to erase something written or drawn
- gumthing used to erase something written or drawn
Esperanto tabulviŝilo, viŝilo
- tabulviŝilochalkboard eraser
- viŝilochalkboard eraser
- tabulspongochalkboard eraser
- spongochalkboard eraser
- tabultukochalkboard eraser
- skrapgumothing used to erase something written or drawn
Estonian kustutuskumm, kustukumm
- kustutuskummthing used to erase something written or drawn
- kustukummthing used to erase something written or drawn
Finnish taulusieni, pyyhintäohjelma
- taulusienichalkboard eraser
- pyyhintäohjelmaoverwriter program
- pyyhekumithing used to erase something written or drawn
- kumithing used to erase something written or drawn
French brosse à tableau, gomme
- brosse à tableauchalkboard eraser
- gommechalkboard eraser
- gommething used to erase something written or drawn
- effaceurthing used to erase something written or drawn
- effacething used to erase something written or drawn
German Tafelschwamm, Radiergummi
- Tafelschwammchalkboard eraser
- Radiergummithing used to erase something written or drawn
- Radiererthing used to erase something written or drawn
- Gummithing used to erase something written or drawn
Greek γομολάστιχα
- γομολάστιχα (gomolásticha)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Hebrew מַחַק
- מַחַק (mákhak)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Hindi रबड़, रबर
- रबड़ (rabaṛ)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- रबर (rabar)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- खुरचनी (khuracnī)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Hungarian táblatörlő, radír
- táblatörlőchalkboard eraser
- radírthing used to erase something written or drawn
- radírgumithing used to erase something written or drawn
- gumithing used to erase something written or drawn
Icelandic strokleður
- strokleðurthing used to erase something written or drawn
Indonesian penghapus papan tulis, penghapus
- penghapus papan tulischalkboard eraser
- penghapusthing used to erase something written or drawn
Irish scriosán
- scriosánthing used to erase something written or drawn
Italian cancellino, gomma
- cancellinochalkboard eraser
- gommathing used to erase something written or drawn
Japanese 黒板消し, 黒板拭き
- 黒板消し (kokubankeshi)chalkboard eraser
- 黒板拭き (kokubanfuki)chalkboard eraser
- 消しゴム (keshigomu)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Korean 지우개
- 지우개 (jiugae)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Latin dēletōrium
- dēletōriumthing used to erase something written or drawn
Latvian dzēšgumija
- dzēšgumijathing used to erase something written or drawn
Lithuanian trintukas
- trintukasthing used to erase something written or drawn
Malay pemadam, getah pemadam
- pemadamthing used to erase something written or drawn
- getah pemadamthing used to erase something written or drawn
Māori muku papatuhituhi, muku
- muku papatuhituhichalkboard eraser
- mukuthing used to erase something written or drawn
Norwegian Bokmål viskelær
- viskelærthing used to erase something written or drawn
Polish gumka
- gumkathing used to erase something written or drawn
Portuguese apagador, borracha
- apagadorchalkboard eraser
- borrachathing used to erase something written or drawn
- safathing used to erase something written or drawn
Romanian burete, radieră
- buretechalkboard eraser
- radierăthing used to erase something written or drawn
- gumă de ștersthing used to erase something written or drawn
Russian тря́пка, рези́нка
- тря́пка (trjápka)chalkboard eraser
- рези́нка (rezínka)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- ла́стик (lástik)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- стёрка (stjórka)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- стира́тельная рези́нка (stirátelʹnaja rezínka)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- стира́лка (stirálka)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- стира́шка (stiráška)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Slovak guma
- gumathing used to erase something written or drawn
Spanish borrador, borrador
- borradorchalkboard eraser
- borradorthing used to erase something written or drawn
- goma de borrarthing used to erase something written or drawn
- borrathing used to erase something written or drawn
Swahili kifutio
- kifutiothing used to erase something written or drawn
Swedish tavelsudd, suddgummi
- tavelsuddchalkboard eraser
- suddgummithing used to erase something written or drawn
- radergummithing used to erase something written or drawn
- suddthing used to erase something written or drawn
Tagalog pambura, pamahi
- pamburathing used to erase something written or drawn
- pamahithing used to erase something written or drawn
Tamil ரப்பர்
- ரப்பர் (rappar)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Thai ยางลบ
- ยางลบ (yaang-lóp)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Turkish tahta silgisi, silgi
- tahta silgisichalkboard eraser
- silgithing used to erase something written or drawn
Ukrainian гу́мка, ґу́мка
- гу́мка (húmka)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- ґу́мка (gúmka)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Urdu رَبَڑ, کُھرَچْنی
- رَبَڑ (rabaṛ)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- کُھرَچْنی (khuracnī)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Vietnamese cái tẩy, cục gôm
- cái tẩything used to erase something written or drawn
- cục gômthing used to erase something written or drawn
- tẩy chìthing used to erase something written or drawn
Welsh rwber
- rwberthing used to erase something written or drawn
Yiddish מעקער, גומקע
- מעקער (meker)thing used to erase something written or drawn
- גומקע (gumke)thing used to erase something written or drawn
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with eraser
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Cite this entry
APA
eraser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eraser
MLA
“eraser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eraser. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eraser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eraser.
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