Meanings
nounperforator (plural perforators)
plural perforators
- A tool or machine that makes holes, or perforates, materials such as paper and card.
- A machine that can bore a tunnel underground
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Translations
Bulgarian свредел, перфоратор
- свредел (svredel)machine that bores
- перфоратор (perforator)machine that bores
Finnish pora
- poramachine that bores
Irish polltóir
- polltóirmachine that bores
Russian сверло́
- сверло́ (sverló)machine that bores
Spanish máquina perforadora
- máquina perforadoramachine that bores
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perforator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perforator
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“perforator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perforator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perforator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perforator.
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