Renovator

Definition: Renovator

Renovator

Noun

1. A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture.

Specialty Definitions: Renovator

Domain	Definitions
Occupations	Assists in restoration or maintenance of transportation equipment, such as automobiles, ships, aircraft, streetcars, or locomotives, displayed by museums or similar institutions through performance of any combination of following tasks: Repairs or replaces interior components of equipment, such as wooden panels, seat cushions, window molding, or dashboards, using handtools and power tools, and utilizing carpentry, metalworking, and upholstering techniques. Cuts lumber or sheet metal to designated size, installs components, such as brake assemblies, rudders, or propellers, or welds metal sections, to assist other workers in reconstruction or renovation of exterior structural sections and accessories. Cleans surfaces with wire brushes and solvent, applies rustproofing agent to surfaces, vacuums and dry cleans upholstered components, brushes or sprays paint, lacquer, or other coating on cleaned surfaces, or stencils and paints letters or designs on equipment or vehicles to restore or simulate original appearance. Builds, repairs, and installs wooden steps, scaffolds, and walkways to gain access to or permit improved view of exhibited equipment. May be designated according to specialty of institution as Antique-Auto-Museum-Maintenance Worker (museums); according to principal activity as Maintenance Carpenter (museums); or according to job location as Exhibit Cleaner (museums). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Renovator

Synonyms: preserver (n), refinisher (n), restorer (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Renovator

Specialty definitions using "renovator": FEATHER RENOVATOR ♦ pillow cleaner ♦ rug renovator ♦ USED-CAR RENOVATOR. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Renovator" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (renovating, renovator, restorer).

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Commercial Usage: Renovator

Domain	Title
Periodicals	Period Home Renovator (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Renovator

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Usage Frequency: Renovator

"Renovator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Renovator" 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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Renovator

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
renovator supply	212
renovator	96
renovator hardware	26
renovator catalog	18
cleaners hat renovator	15
renovator warehouse	9
renovator supply catalog	8
pasture renovator	8
renovator supply.com	7
home renovator	6
renovator magazine	4
renovator resource	3
renovator supply company	3
renovator resourceful	2
renovator toronto	2
concrete renovator	2
equipment pasture renovator	2
guide renovator	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Renovator

Language		Translations for "renovator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rinovues, restaurues (restorer). (various references)

Arabic		‏المصلح (peacemaker, reformer, regenerator, repairer), ‏المجدد (repairer, restorer). (various references)

Bulgarian		реставратор (restorer), обновител (regenerator). (various references)

Czech		renovátor. (various references)

Farsi		بازنوسازنده , بدعتکار (Schematist). (various references)

French		réparateur (remedial, repairer), régénérateur (recuperative, regenerative, regenerator). (various references)

German		Erneuerer (innovator). (various references)

Greek		ανακαινιστήσ (vamper). (various references)

Hebrew		מח�"ש (innovator, inventive, inventor), ח�"שן (innovator, modernist, modernizer, reviver). (various references)

Hungarian		renováló. (various references)

Pig Latin		enovatorray

Portuguese		renovador (improvidence, restorer). (various references)

Romanian		renovator (renovating, restorer). (various references)

Russian		реставратор (reconditioner, restorer), восстановитель (reducing agent, regenerator, restorer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		obnovilac (restorer). (various references)

Spanish		restaurador (restaurateur, restorer). (various references)

Swedish		person som renoverar. (various references)

Turkish		yenileyen kimse, bakım ve onarım yapan kimse. (various references)

Ukranian		реставратор (restorer), відбудовник. (various references)

Vietnamese		người phục h�"i lại, người đổi mới. (various references)

Welsh		adnewyddwr (renewer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Renovator

Derivations
	Words beginning with "renovator": renovators. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Renovator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Renovador. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Renovator"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "renovator" (pronounced re"nuvā'ter)
6	-n u v ā' t er	innovator.
5	-u v ā' t er	activator, elevator, excavator.
3	-ā' t er	accelerator, accumulator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, calculator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, coordinator, decorator, defibrillator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, educator, escalator, evaporator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, liquidator, litigator, locator, manipulator, mediator, Moderator, modulator, navigator, negotiator, operator, originator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, regulator, respirator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, syndicator, Terminator, ventilator, violator.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Renovator

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-n-o-o-r-r-t-v"
	-1 letter: ratooner.
	-2 letters: overran.
	-3 letters: atoner, enroot, errant, orator, ornate, ranter, ratoon, retorn, rooter, tavern, torero, trover.
	-4 letters: antre, atone, avert, noter, novae, oaten, oater, orate, ovate, overt, rater, raven, raver, reran, retro, rotor, roven, rover, tarre, tenor, terra, toner, trave, trona, trone, trove, voter.
	-5 letters: aeon, aero, ante, arvo, aver, earn, etna, nave, near, neat.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-n-o-o-r-r-t-v"
	+1 letter: renovators.
	+2 letters: conservator, governorate.
	+3 letters: conservators, conservatory, dorsoventral, governorates, overornament, overreaction.
	+4 letters: anticorrosive, arteriovenous, conservatoire, controversial, incorporative, overassertion, overoperating, overornaments, overreactions, photoengraver, reinvigorator, revolutionary.
	+5 letters: anticorrosives, conservatoires, conservatorial, conservatories, dorsoventrally, nonretroactive, overassertions, overdecorating, overdecoration, overextraction, overornamented, overregulation, oversaturation, photoengravers, reinvigoration, reinvigorators, revalorization.
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