grader

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English

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A road grader.

Etymology

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From grade +‎ -er (agent noun suffix) or +‎ -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grader (plural graders)

  1. A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
    Hypernym: heavy equipment
    Hyponym: road grader
    Coordinate terms: bulldozer, dozer, front-end loader
    • 1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:
      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.
  2. A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
  3. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
    the graders of a school examination
  4. (in combination) One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
    a first-grader

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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grader m

  1. indefinite plural of grad

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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grader f

  1. plural indefinite of grad

Swedish

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Noun

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grader

  1. indefinite plural of grad

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