Laser

Quick meaning: Laser is a noun meaning A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

Meaning

A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

More Meanings

1. A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
2. A laser printer.
3. (uncountable, medicine) Ellipsis of laser hair removal.
4. (transitive) To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.
5. (sports, informal, transitive) To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
6. (aviation) To point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.
7. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.

Example Sentences

I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.

I've still got a few more sessions of laser to get rid of the rest of my facial hair.

The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.

None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Word Forms

• lasers
• lasering
• lasered
• lasar

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