Grader
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grader is a noun meaning A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
Meaning
A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
More Meanings
- A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
- One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
- (in combination) One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
Example Sentences
a first-grader
the graders of a school examination
The blade-grader is a long steel-framed carriage under which is fixed a steel blade capable of being tilted at various angles: its principal use is in trimming cutting-slopes.
The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”).
Word Forms
- graders
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include year, classification, classifier, grades, blade, landscraper.
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