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Definitions: Edger |
EdgerNoun1. A person who puts finishing edges on a garment. 2. Garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | A machine used to saw or plane the edges of narrow pieces of veneer before splicing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | That part of the die used to distribute the metal in the proportion necessary to fill the die impression. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Glues strips of printed paper trim onto box edges: Lays paper edging strips on table, printed side down, and brushes on paste or glue. Aligns strip on edge of box so that edge bisects strip, smooths strip down on either side of edge, folds strip at corners, and continues applying strip until all edges of box and lid are trimmed. (references) |
| Tends machine that rolls and presses edges of shoe uppers to smooth and finish edges: Positions edge of shoe upper against guides and under heated burnishing iron. Presses lever to start machine, and guides edge under iron and edge-rolling wheel to roll and press edge of upper. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Edger |
| Specialty definitions using "edger": animal shelter supervisor, AUTOMATIC PATTERN EDGER ♦ CIRCLE EDGER, CURB-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ DIE SINKER, double edger ♦ EDGER, AUTOMATIC, EDGER, HAND, EDGER, TOUCH-UP, EXTENSION EDGER ♦ forging-die sinker ♦ optical mechanic ♦ paint and table edger, PONY EDGER ♦ straight edger, SUPERVISOR, KENNEL ♦ tile edger, two-saw edger ♦ upper edger. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Edger" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Edger" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "edger": double edger. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
lawn edger | 159 |
edger | 130 |
edger allen poe | 93 |
gas edger | 54 |
black decker edger | 27 |
mclane edger | 22 |
edger trimmer | 20 |
electric edger | 20 |
edger allan poe | 18 |
gas powered edger | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "edger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | strækkeprofil (breaker, fuller, roller), kantsav, forsmedeprofil (breaker). (various references) | |
Dutch | voorsmeedvorm (breaker), tussensmeedvorm (breaker), kantrechtmachine, herzaagmachine. (various references) | |
Finnish | esitaontakaiverrus (breaker), särmäyssaha, aineenjakamiskaiverrus (breaker). (various references) | |
French | gravure de répartition préalable de la matière, forme de première répartition de la matière, dresseuse, déligneuse. (various references) | |
German | Vorschmiedegravur (breaker), Furnierfügemaschine. (various references) | |
Greek | μηχανή λειάνσεως 2)μηχάνημα ξεφαρδίσματος, προαποτύπωμα (breaker), παρυφωτής, διαμορφωτής πλαισίου. (various references) | |
Italian | stampo per scapolatura (breaker), refilatrice (trimming machine). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | edgeray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | repuxador (breaker), inquieto (agitated, anxious, bustling, disquiet, fidgety, frantic, fretful, fussy, nervous, preoccupy, qualmish, restive, restless, troubled, uneasy, unquiet), galgadora. (various references) | |
Spanish | pregrabado (breaker), canteadora, arista (Arista, arris, awn, beard, edge, edgings, ridge, trimmings). (various references) | |
Swedish | sträckprofil (breaker), kantsåg (trimmer), ämningsprofil (breaker). (various references) | |
Ukranian | ребростругальний верстат. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "edger": edgers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "edger": dredger, hedger, ledger, pledger. (additional references) | |
Words containing "edger": dredgers, hedgerow, hedgerows, hedgers, kedgeree, kedgerees, ledgers, pledgers. (additional references) | |
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"Edger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adgar, deeger, Deger, Degler, degr, Eadgar, eder, edgers, edget, edgey, edgre, Edgren, Edoga, eegre, eiger, ekger, Elger, enger, esgre, Medgar, wedger. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "edger" (pronounced e"jer) |
| 3 | e" j er | Hedger, ledger, Leger, Pledger. |
| 2 | -j er | Ager, arranger, astrologer, Avenger, badger, challenger, changer, charger, conjure, danger, demerger, deringer, Derringer, dodger, dowager, endanger, exchanger, forger, gauger, ginger, gouger, Granger, harbinger, hinger, injure, integer, larger, major, manager, manger, merger, messenger, packager, pager, passenger, perjure, pillager, plunger, procedure, Ranger, Roger, salvager, scavenger, soldier, sparger, Stager, stranger, teenager, villager, Voyager, wager, Yager. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: greed. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-r" | |
-1 letter: deer, dere, dree, dreg, edge, eger, geed, gree, rede, reed. | |
-2 letters: dee, ere, erg, ged, gee, red, ree, reg. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-g-r" | |
+1 letter: agreed, degerm, degree, dragee, dredge, edgers, edgier, geared, gelder, gender, greeds, greedy, greyed, hedger, ledger, merged, redleg, verged. | |
+2 letters: angered, degerms, degrade, degreed, degrees, demerge, derange, deterge, diverge, dragees, dredged, dredger, dredges, dreeing, emerged, energid, enraged, gelders, genders, grandee, greased, greaved, greened, greeted, grenade, grieved, grueled, hedgers, hedgier, lagered, ledgers, ledgier, pledger, preaged, ragweed, redlegs, reeding, refuged, regaled, reglued, regrade, reigned, rejudge, reneged, sedgier, wagered, wedgier, wergeld. | |
+3 letters: averaged, badgered, beggared, begirded, begirdle, begrimed, begrudge, beringed, berouged, breeding, budgeter, buggered, cudgeler, daggered, dangered, debugger, defogger, degasser, degermed, degraded, degrader, degrades, degrease, demerged, demerger, demerges, demiurge, deranged, deranges, deringer, derogate, designer, deterged, deterger, deterges, digester, disagree, diverged, diverges, dogeared, doggerel, dredgers, dreggier, dressage, dungaree, egressed, endanger, energids, engender, engirded, engirdle, engorged, engraved, enlarged, fidgeter, fingered, fledgier, frogeyed, gadarene, gandered, gardened, gardener, garnered, gartered, gathered, gendarme, gendered, gestured, gettered, gheraoed, gibbered, gingered, glowered, goffered, goldener, gorgeted, governed, grandees, graveled, grecized, greedier, greedily, grenades, groveled, gruelled, guttered, hardedge, headgear, hedgerow, hungered, immerged, jaggeder, jiggered, kedgeree, laagered, legendry, lingered, mongered, overaged, pargeted, pedigree, pledgeor, pledgers, prejudge, presaged, raggeder, ragweeds, reargued, receding, redamage, redargue, redesign, redigest, redyeing, reedings, reedling, reforged, regained, regarded, regauged, regeared, regicide, regilded, reglazed, reglowed, regorged, regraded, regrades, regrated, rehanged, rehinged, reimaged, rejudged, rejudges, remerged, renegade, renegado, renigged, repegged, repledge, repugned, rerigged, resigned, restaged, resurged, retagged, revenged, ruggeder, saggered, svedberg, targeted, underage, ungreedy, weregild, wergelds. | |
+4 letters: absterged, aggressed, aggrieved, bedraggle, bedrugged, befringed, begirdled, begirdles, begrimmed, begroaned, begrudged, begrudges, breedings, budgeteer, budgeters, burgeoned, converged, cudgelers, debuggers, decerning, decreeing, deferring, defoggers, degassers, degausser, degerming, degraders, degreased, degreaser, degreases, delegator, delighter, demergers, demerging, demiurges, demurrage, denigrate, deperming, deraigned, deringers, derogated, derogates, derringer, deserting, deserving, designers, desugared, detergent, detergers, deterging, deterring, digesters, digressed, digresses, dirgelike, disagreed, disagrees, divergent, dodgeries, doggerels, doggeries, dreggiest, dressages, dungarees, earwigged, embargoed, emigrated, endangers, endearing, endoergic, energised, energized, engenders, engirdled, engirdles, engrafted, engrailed, engrained, engrossed, ergotized, estranged, everglade, fidgeters, filagreed, filigreed, forejudge, freighted, gaberdine, gadgeteer, galleried, gangrened, gardeners, garderobe, garmented, gauderies, gauffered, gendarmes, gendering, generated, geometrid, germander, germicide, gerundive, gesneriad, glandered, glimmered, glistered, glittered, glyceride, gradeless, graecized, gratineed, gravelled, graveside, greatened, greediest, greenhead, greensand, greenwood, grenadier, grenadine, grovelled, guerdoned, hardedges, headgears, hedgerows, impregned, kedgerees, leaguered, legendary, leveraged, lightered, margented, negritude, nondegree, orangeade, overurged, pargetted, pedigreed, pedigrees, pledgeors, preceding, predigest, prejudged, prejudger, prejudges, raggedest, realigned, rechanged, recharged, redamaged, redamages, redargued, redargues, reddening, redeeming, redefying, redenying, redesigns, redigests, redingote, reediting, reedlings, reemerged, reengaged, refeeding, refigured, regelated, regicides, reglossed, regrafted, regranted, regreened, regreeted, regressed, regretted, regroomed, regrooved, regrouped, regulated, reignited, rejuggled, relegated, relending, relighted, remedying, remending, rendering, renegaded, renegades, renegados, repledged, repledges, replunged, rereading, reseeding, resending, resighted, rewedding, reweighed, rewelding, ridgeline, ridgepole, roughened, ruggedest, ruggedize, screeding, skreeghed, skreighed, sniggered, staggered, submerged, svedbergs, swaggered, tendering, tragedies, triggered, underages, undergoes, undergone, vinegared, weregilds. | |
| 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)45 64 67 65 72 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -.. --. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100100 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E d g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0064 0067 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3970737184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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