Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that erases, especially an implement, such as a piece of rubber or a pad of felt, used for erasing marks made by pencil or chalk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which erases.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A thing used to
erase orremove somethingwritten ordrawn by apen or apencil . - noun A thing used to erase something written by
chalk on achalkboard ; chalkboard eraser. - noun computing An
overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an implement used to erase something
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word eraser.
Examples
-
For readers who want to know more: The eraser is a sculpture by Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg, who is best known for his oversize sculptures of everyday objects.
Boing Boing 2007
-
Dumbya is like a brain eraser, if you are within 75 feet of him your IQ drops by 70 points.
Think Progress » Hadley’s Non-Denial Denial on Forged Documents 2005
-
I try to erase Franklin but the eraser is old and brittle and just makes smudges as it crumbles.
-
One of the Lions 'biggest off-season needs is an "eraser" -- to borrow a term from offensive coordinator Scott Linehan -- to keep defenses from smothering wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
Freep.com - RSS 2010
-
One of the Lions 'biggest off-season needs is an "eraser" -- to borrow a term from offensive coordinator Scott Linehan -- to keep defenses from smothering wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
Freep.com - RSS 2010
-
The pencil calls the eraser and a pen “nincompoops.”
-
"" The eraser is our confessor, our absolver and our time machine. ''
-
It's good because it doesn't leave oil before watercoloring; Design brand kneaded eraser, which is non-abrasive and good for blending.
Boing Boing James Gurney 2011
-
The eraser, which is not rubber but something called "factice," is "made by reacting rape-seed oil from the Dutch East Indies with sulfur chloride."
-
Just how huge will remain to be seen as the Lions continue to build around quarterback Matthew Stafford and find the so-called eraser -- offensive coordinator Scott Linehan's word choice -- who will take pressure off receiver Calvin Johnson.
Freep.com - RSS 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.