Meanings
reamer1
plural reamers
- 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.
1977, Roger W. Autor Bolz, Production Processes: The Productivity Handbook, page 12-81 - A device for rendering citrus juice.
- A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
- 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.”
2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (18:27 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry)
present singular third person reamers · participle present reamering · participle past reamered · past reamered
Reamer2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian райбер, сокоизстисквачка
- райбер (rajber)tool for boring
- сокоизстисквачка (sokoizstiskvačka)cooking appliance
Catalan barrina, broca
- barrinatool for boring
- brocatool for boring
- exprimidorcooking appliance
Czech výstružník, lis na citrón
- výstružníktool for boring
- lis na citróncooking appliance
- škrabkapipe tool
Dutch ruimer
- ruimertool for boring
Finnish aarpora, sitruspuristin
- aarporatool for boring
- sitruspuristincooking appliance
French alésoir, presse-citron
- alésoirtool for boring
- presse-citroncooking appliance
- grattoirpipe tool
German Reibahle, Räumahle
- Reibahletool for boring
- Räumahletool for boring
- Räumertool for boring
Hungarian citromfacsaró
- citromfacsarócooking appliance
Irish réamaire, fáiscire
- réamairetool for boring
- fáiscirecooking appliance
Italian alesatore, trapano
- alesatoretool for boring
- trapanotool for boring
- perforatoretool for boring
- punta di trapanotool for boring
- spremiagrumicooking appliance
- scovolinopipe tool
- scovolopipe tool
Polish rozwiertak
- rozwiertaktool for boring
Russian развёртка
- развёртка (razvjórtka)tool for boring
Spanish escariador, troquel
- escariadortool for boring
- troqueltool for boring
- exprimidorcooking appliance
Swedish brotsch, rivare
- brotschtool for boring
- rivaretool for boring
- upprymmaretool for boring
Welsh lledwr, ehangwr
- lledwrtool for boring
- ehangwrtool for boring
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Cite this entry
reamer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reamer
“reamer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reamer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reamer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reamer.
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