Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that edges, such as a tool for trimming the edge of a lawn.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A circular saw for squaring the edges of lumber cut directly from the whole log; an edging-saw: usually double, hence called double edger. See saw.
- n. In leather-working, a tool for trimming the edges of shoesoles, straps, harness, etc. It has a knife or cutter, the blade of which is varied in shape according to the form which it is desired to give to the work, and a gage and guides, usually adjustable, to insure the correct placing of the work. Also called edge-key, edge-plane, edge-tool.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
- n. garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard
Examples
“Drawing from that inspiration, he rigged up an old popcorn can with some wires and hooked it to a rotating edger, and the first string trimmer was born.”
The Wall Street Journal: Dance Studio Owner Invented Weed Eater
“The idea turned an old popcorn can, some wires and an edger into the Weed Eater.”
The Wall Street Journal: Dance Studio Owner Invented Weed Eater
“When you look carefully at Republican Speaker John Boehner's spending proposal for the rest of 2011 you'd think these guys must have been hanging out on one of those newly-discovered exo-planets on the outer edger of our solar system.”
“You have to get rid of kitschy bird bath and your bear totem pole that you got in college that the neighbors hate and pull out that edger.”
“Mum resignedly started hunting around for something that looked like an “edger” while Dad began to get exasperated with the waiting.”
“Mum was getting harried still searching for the elusive edger.”
“A power edger and a power trimmer were stolen from an open trailer.”
“I'll be writing in Clinton, before I vote for Obama (or McCain) sandy edger”
“The Black & Decker GH1000 Grasshog XP string trimmers/edger is electric-powered.”
Consumer Reports: After more injuries, Black & Decker again recalls string trimmer
“In addition, the trimmer/edger can overheat, posing a burn hazard.”
Consumer Reports: After more injuries, Black & Decker again recalls string trimmer
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘edger’.
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TECH - tools
A very wide category. There are possibly tens of thousands tool words in each of the world's languages.
broom, brush, feather duster, floor buffer, hataki, mop, mop bucket cart, needlegun scaler, pipe cleaner, pressure washer, sandblaster, sponge and 286 more...
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On with their heads!
Words that make other words with the addition of one letter at the beginning. The resulting words are tagged "behead".
men, his, yes, any, iota, limb, aged, laid, land, lead, read, word and 327 more...
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Wordnik Spam Inquiries
We get a lot of spam emails at Wordnik that fit this pattern: "Mr Bob Wilson here and i will like to know if you do have X for sale". The words on this list represent a subset of such requested items.
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My Garage
I could start a hardware store, marina, tack shop, antique boutique and autoparts store (just to name a few) with the crap that's in my garage. I'll list some of the "collectables" here -- be pati...
old nova, green, 2 pair of skis, 2 saddles, 3 horse blankets, 2 tack boxes, 2 saddle stands, wicker table and ..., 6 jenny lind chairs, john deer, 3 computers, 3 printers, a table my grandp... and 119 more...
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