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Definitions: BURNISHER |
BURNISHERNoun1. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses. 2. One who burnishes. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Rubs previously applied finish coat on furniture or other articles to produce lustrous or dull finish: Applies oil or wax to surface of article. Sprinkles powdered pumice stone on surface. Rubs surface with cloth or steel wool, or guides rubbing tool equipped with felt pad over surface to produce desired finish. Wipes residue from surface of article with cloth. May be designated according to type of finish obtained as Duller (furniture); Satin Finisher (furniture; wood prod., nec). May stain light spots and rub dark spots with sandpaper or steel wool to produce uniform coloring and be designated Brush Shade-Hand (furniture). May rub freshly stained furniture to produce highlights (thin spots in stain) and be designated High-Lighter (furniture). (references) |
| Tends machine that waxes and burnishes shoes to protect leather and give smooth finish: Starts burnishing machine and coats revolving burnishing wheel with wax, using wax block. Holds shoe against waxed wheel to apply wax to shoe, then against bristle and cloth brushes to polish. May use hand burnishing tools. May be designated according to part of shoe burnished as Bottom Burnisher (boot & shoe); Heel Burnisher (boot & shoe); Shank Burnisher (boot & shoe); Tip Burnisher (boot & shoe). May hold shoe against corrugated wheel to knurl edge of heel seat to improve appearance and be designated Heel Wheeler (boot & shoe). (references) | |
| Tends machine that buffs hides to specified finish: Turns setscrews to regulate distance between rollers, according to thickness of hide. Inserts hide between rollers and starts machine. Holds half of hide while rollers buff surface of other half. Repeats buffing operation on unbuffed portion of hide. May be designated according to hide buffed as Black-Leather Buffer (leather mfg.); White-Kid Buffer (leather mfg.). May tend machine equipped with abrasive covered rollers that form nap on surface of leather and be designated Sueding-Wheel Operator (leather mfg.). (references) | |
| Tends bottom-pressing machine that smooths wrinkles from bottom of lasted shoe upper: Turns contour-control dial to adjust shape of heated pressing plate according to specifications stamped on last. Inserts guide jack pin of machine into last, and places lasted shoe on heated pressing plate. Depresses pedal to lower guide jack that presses lasted shoe against pressing plate. (references) | |
| Tends machine that grinds center-pinion pivots, shoulders, and similar watch parts to specifications: Inserts pivots into chuck or collet of machine, using fingers or tweezers, and starts machine. Removes product when machine stops and measures part for conformance to specifications, using gauge. May clean and oil machine and change machine belts as needed. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Smoothness | Roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BURNISHER |
| English words defined with "BURNISHER": Polishing iron. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BURNISHER": AIRCRAFT SKIN BURNISHER ♦ BEN-DAY ARTIST, brasqued crucible, BURNISHER, BALANCE WHEEL ARM ♦ edge burnisher, EDGE BURNISHER, UPPERS ♦ gear finisher, gear nicker, GEAR-LAPPING-MACHINE OPERATOR, gear-tooth-lapping-machine operator, GOLD BURNISHER ♦ PALLET RECTIFIER ♦ tint layer. (references) |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BURNISHER": ball-burnisher. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
burnisher | 26 |
floor burnisher | 5 |
propane burnisher | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BURNISHER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lustrues (finisher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مصقلة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | полировчик (buffer, polisher, rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | leštiè kovu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brunerstål, brunérstaal, blodsten (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood), polersten, polernål, polerevaerktoej. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bruineerstaal 2. bruineertand, bruineergereedschap, bloedsteen (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood), polijststeen (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood, emery), polijststaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verikivi (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | brunissoir (bloodstone burnisher blood), polissoir (buffer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Blutstein (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood), Polierstahl 2. Polierstein, Poliergeraet, Poliereisen, Glättstein (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στιλβωτήρας, στιλβωτής (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood, glazer, glazing machine, glazing plate, glazing press, polisher), λειαντής (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood, facer-trimmer, polisher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fémcsiszoló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | brunitoio (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sollyser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urnisherbay polidor (finisher, scourer). (various references) полировщик. (various references) onaj koji polira. (various references) bruñidor (agate), pulidor (buff, buffer, polisher, polishing, polishing machine). (various references) bladsten (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood), strykare, polersten (bloodstone, bloodstone burnisher blood). (various references) perdah kalemi, cilacı (finisher, glazer, polisher). (various references) полірувальник (buffer, polisher). (various references) thợ đánh bóng đ" dùng để đánh bóng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BURNISHER": burnishers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "BURNISHER" (pronounced 'Bur"nish*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-i-n-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: brushier. | |
-2 letters: briners, bruiser, brusher, buriers, burners, burnies, burnish, bushier, hurries, insurer, ruiners, rushier, suberin. | |
-3 letters: briers, briner, brines, bruins, bruise, burier, buries, burins, burner, burnie, busher, busier, hirers, hubris, inrush, insure, inures, nurser, reruns, rinser, rubier, rubies, ruiner, rusher, rusine, shiner, shrine, urines, ursine. | |
-4 letters: biers, bines, birrs, birse, brens, brier, bries, brine. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-i-n-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: burnishers. | |
+3 letters: bunchberries, refurbishing, thunderbirds. | |
+4 letters: heartburnings, hyperurbanism, interboroughs, refurbishment. | |
+5 letters: braunschweiger, hyperurbanisms, refurbishments. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 52 4E 49 53 48 45 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. -. .. ... .... . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01010010 01001110 01001001 01010011 01001000 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U R N I S H E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0052 004E 0049 0053 0048 0045 0052 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)365552484353423952 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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