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Definition: INKER |
INKERNoun1. One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type. |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Compares color of printing ink with sample to ensure adherence to formula or customer specifications: Determines ink viscosity by timing flow from test cup and adds desired amount of solvent to meet viscosity requirements for kind of ink and application. Fills ink reservoirs in presses and adds more solvent to thin ink or uncovers reservoirs to allow evaporation of excess solvent during press run. May fill lubricating cups with oil and grease. May assist press operator to set up printing press. (references) |
| Applies ink, stain, color, glaze, or dope to edges, along seams, or to shoe parts to color, clean, or protect parts, using brush, cloth, or spray gun. May clean shoes or shoe parts, using dry sponge or cloth and cleaning fluids. May be designated according to part treated as Edge Inker (boot & shoe); Edge Inker, Heels (boot & shoe); Edge Inker, Uppers (boot & shoe); or according to coating substance as Dope Edger (boot & shoe); or according to type of finish as Antiquer (boot & shoe). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: INKER |
| Specialty definitions using "INKER": PROBE TEST EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS ♦ RUBBER-ROLLER GRINDER. (references) |
| 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 |
inker | 23 |
discography hamilton inker | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "INKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hebrew | דית (ink diffuser). (various references) | |
Hungarian | festékező henger, betűs vevőkészülék. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inkeray.(various references) | |
Romanian | rulou sãu tampon cerneluit. (various references) | |
Russian | красящий механизм, валик для нанесения краски. (various references) | |
Turkish | mürekkepleyici, mürekkep merdanesi (inking-roller). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "INKER": inkers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "INKER": blinker, clinker, drinker, freethinker, headshrinker, hoodwinker, jinker, linker, nondrinker, pinker, plinker, prinker, rethinker, shrinker, sinker, skinker, stinker, thinker, tinker, winker. (additional references) | |
Words containing "INKER": blinkered, blinkering, blinkers, clinkered, clinkering, clinkers, drinkers, freethinkers, headshrinkers, hoodwinkers, jinkers, linkers, nondrinkers, pinkers, plinkers, prinkers, rethinkers, shrinkers, sinkers, skinkers, stinkers, thinkers, tinkered, tinkerer, tinkerers, tinkering, tinkers, winkers. (additional references) | |
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"INKER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: finker, Ianke, Ilker, incar, incr, incre, ineer, Ineka, iner, inerj, inerr, inher, Inkariy, inkel, inkera, Inket, Inkoo, inkred, isker, Minkler, Nekeer, Niekirk, Nikkor, zincer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: reink. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-n-r" | |
-1 letter: keir, kern, kier, kine, kirn, rein, rink. | |
-2 letters: ern, ink, ire, irk, ken, kin, kir, rei, rin. | |
-3 letters: en, er, in, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-n-r" | |
+1 letter: inkers, inkier, jerkin, jinker, kinder, kirned, knifer, linker, nicker, pinker, reinks, reknit, relink, sinker, tinker, winker. | |
+2 letters: blinker, clinker, crinkle, dinkier, drinker, einkorn, erlking, funkier, gherkin, hunkier, invoker, jerking, jerkins, jinkers, junkier, keratin, kerbing, kerfing, kerning, kernite, kindler, kindred, kinkier, kirkmen, knifers, knitter, kremlin, lankier, linkers, moniker, nickers, perking, pinkers, plinker, prinked, prinker, punkier, ramekin, ranpike, recking, redskin, reeking, reinked, reknits, relinks, rethink, sinkers, skinker, skinner, snakier, snicker, stinker, thinker, tinkers, tinkler, trinket, urnlike, winkers, wonkier, wrinkle, yerking. | |
| 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. | |
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