Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: CREASER |
CREASERNoun1. A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. 2. A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes. 3. A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by. |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Tends machine that folds and presses garment parts, such as collar bands, pockets, and pocket flaps, to shape and prepare parts for sewing, using either of following methods: (1) Positions part in heated die on bed of machine. Depresses pedal to start machine that automatically lowers upper die onto garment part and into lower die, releases steam from lower die, and moves horizontally sliding plates over edges of part to fold and press part. (2) Inserts edges of garment part through folding device and guides folded edges between heated pressing rollers. May be designated according to part creased as Collar-Band Creaser (garment); Cuff Creaser (garment); Pocket Creaser (garment; knitting); Pocket-Flap-Creasing-Machine Operator (garment); Shirt Creaser (garment). (references) |
| Tends heated press to fold and crease edges of leather for products, such as coin purses, wallets, and cigarette cases: Positions die in ram and turns setscrews to secure die. Positions and bolts template guide on machine guide, using screwdriver and wrench. Turns rheostat to adjust heating element in ram to specified temperature. Folds leather part along fold line, using fingers. Positions folded part in guide template, and depresses pedal to lower heated creasing ram onto leather part to crease fold in edge of leather. Releases pedal to raise ram and removes part from machine. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CREASER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Creaser | Last name | 200 | 36,039 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
creaser | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CREASER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | traçoir. (various references) | ||||
Greek | κάνων πτυχή, κάνων τσάκιση. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | easercray | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CREASER": creasers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CREASER": increaser. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CREASER": increasers. (additional references) | |
| |
"CREASER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ceaser, Cortazar, Creasser, creater, creeager, Creider, cremaster, Creoser, Cresser, Croesor, Kreisler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: careers. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: career, carers, crease, eraser, racers, scarer, searer. | |
-2 letters: acres, carer, cares, carrs, carse, cease, ceres, erase, escar, racer, races, rares, raser, rears, saree, scare, scree, serac, serer. | |
-3 letters: aces, acre, arcs, ares, arse, care, carr, cars, case, cees, cere, ears, ease, eras, errs, race, rare, rase, rear, recs, rees, scar, sear, seer, sera. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: amercers, caperers, caresser, caterers, clearers, creamers, creasers, creasier, ecraseur, reachers, recrates, research, retraces, screamer, searcher, terraces. | |
+2 letters: archeries, breachers, careeners, careerers, careerism, careerist, caressers, cellarers, cerebrals, creatures, declarers, ecraseurs, embracers, errancies, horserace, increaser, larceners, parceners, preachers, preclears, precrease, prefacers, racehorse, recallers, recamiers, recanters, recarpets, recarries, recharges, recreants, recreates, replacers, resurface, sarcomere, scarpered, scatterer, screamers, searchers, secretary, streetcar, superrace, traceries. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Names: Frequency 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
