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Definition: Trimmer |
TrimmerNoun1. A worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe". 2. A machine that trims timber. 3. Capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments. 4. Joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "trimmer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A small adjustable capacitor associated with another capacitor and used for fine adjustment of the total capacitance of an element or part or a circuit. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | A tool for making a straight cut through a print or mount and leaving a clean edge. . . . the commercial print trimmer is the best tool for the job. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A machine fitted with circular saws and used to cross-cut timber to standard lengths. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Trimming system about any axis(as plural, about all axes). Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A shothole bored slightly outward to trim the drivage to the shape required b. An apparatus for trimming a pile of coal into a regular form (such as a cone or prism) c. One who uses a shovel to distribute loose material--such as coal, rubbish, sand, or other substances--in railroad cars or holds of ships and barges during or after loading. May be designated according to materialtrimmed, such as a coal trimmer. (references) |
Occupations | Plans, lays out, fabricates, and assembles aircraft upholstery, interior trim, soundproofing, insulating, and related items, to develop prototype parts to verify or modify engineering designs, using precision instruments, handtools, power tools, and shop equipment: Reads and interprets blueprints, sketches, and engineering information to determine design specifications. Plans location and arrangement of parts and assemblies, considering space requirements in aircraft. Lays out dimensions of parts on assorted materials, such as plastic, wood, or cardboard, to develop template for fabricating parts, using measuring and marking instruments. Cuts template to size, using saw, shears, or power cutters. Fabricates and assembles sample parts from assorted fabrics, plastics, and other trim materials, utilizing upholstery craft skills, using templates, handtools, and shop equipment, such as sewing machines, snap fasteners, and power cutters [UPHOLSTERER (aircraft mfg.) 780.384-014]. Installs completed parts and assemblies in aircraft mockup to verify accuracy of fit, using handtools and power tools. Modifies templates as required prior to releasing pattern to production. Collaborates with engineering, tooling, production, and other personnel to resolve developmental, assembly, and installation problems. (references) |
| Inspects garments for defects in sewing, knitting, or finishing: Spreads garment on table or draws garment over inspection form. Scans garment to detect defects, such as faulty seaming, incorrect sleeve or collar setting, misaligned fasteners or trim, and variations in color of fabric. Examines fabric for mispicks, slubs, runs, dropped stitches, holes, or stains. Marks defects, using chalk, thread, tags, tape, or pins. Measures garment at designated places, using tape measure or following markings on table, to determine that garments conform to standard size. Trims excess material and thread ends from garment, using scissors, or tends trimming machine to remove excess material and loose threads [THREAD CUTTER (any industry) 789.684-050]. Folds garment or hangs it on hanger or rack. May remove spots and stains from garments [SPOT CLEANER (garment; knitting) 582.684-014]. May inspect surgical garments and appliances, such as belts, hosiery, or knee and ankle braces, and be designated Inspector (protective dev.).May examine cut garment parts to detect inaccuracies in cutting and be designated Cutting Inspector (garment). May be designated according to production stage as Finished-Garment Inspector (garment; knitting); Greige-Goods Inspector (knitting); Seconds Inspector (garment; knitting). (references) | |
| Inspects finished or partially finished hats, caps, hat parts, and millinery for defects and damage, and repairs less extensive flaws: Examines articles for irregularities, such as faulty coloring, shaping, sizing, and stitching. Rejects or returns extensively damaged articles to originating department for repair. Informs supervisor regarding types of article defects or damage. Repairs less extensive damage, performing any combination of following tasks: Trims excess material and loose or protruding threads, using clippers or scissors. Removes spots or stains from article, using sponge and water, and brushes surface of hat to remove dust or foreign matter. Applies sizing solution to cover holes or thin spots, using dauber or brush. Resews loose stitches and size tags, using needle and thread. Hangs or stacks hats and caps on rack or on table for packing. May be designated according to specific inspection function as Hat-Body Inspector (hat & cap); Hat-Cone Inspector (hat & cap); Trimming Inspector (hat & cap). (references) | |
| Tends machine that trims edges of shoe parts, such as heels, outsoles, or uppers to remove excess material: Turns knobs or setscrews to adjust guides and cutting blade as specified. Holds part against machine guide and presses it against cutter to be trimmed. May depress pedal that raises guide plate to move part into cutter. May be designated according to area or part of shoe trimmed as Heel-Seat Trimmer (boot & shoe); Heel Trimmer (boot & shoe) I; Top-Lift Trimmer (boot & shoe); Top Trimmer (boot & shoe) I. May be designated: Apron Trimmer (boot & shoe); Boot Trimmer (boot & shoe); Cut-Out Worker (boot & shoe); Rolled-Seat Trimmer (boot & shoe); Seat Trimmer (boot & shoe); Upper Trimmer (boot & shoe). Important variables may be indicated by trade names of machines used. (references) | |
| Cuts blueprints, measures print margins, punches holes in prints, and folds, staples, and labels blueprints for shipment: Cuts individual print from continuous strip of processed prints, using shears. Verifies dimensions of blueprint margins, using ruler, and cuts off excess, using shears. Punches holes in blueprint, using paper punch, and folds prints. Staples specified number of prints to folded edges of wrapping paper to form bound set. Writes name and address of customer on wrapping. May sort prints according to numerical code. May examine blueprints for defects, such as clarity and double image. (references) | |
| Operates machines to finish preformed plastic parts: Trims part to size and shape following template and using power grinder or power saw. Clamps template to part or positions part in jig and slots and drills part, using table or portable router and drill press or power hand drill. Sands edges and rough surfaces of part, using power sander. May trim, shape, and assemble metal or wood components of plastic part. May adjust and repair machines, using handtools. (references) | |
| Tends one or more machines that shape smoking pipe bowls and shanks: Places pipe bowl over chuck and turns nut or moves lever to expand chuck against inside of bowl, using wrench. Starts machine that automatically rotates bowl against cutters to remove excess briar. Removes shaped pipes from machines. May turn handwheel to rotate bowl against cutters. May tend machine that cuts and shapes only bottom of smoking pipe bowl. (references) | |
| Inspects, finishes, and counts embroidered or trimmed fabrics preparatory to shipping: Examines fabric for broken threads, skipped stitches, cuts in material, stains, or other imperfections. Trims loose or hanging threads, using scissors. Brushes or sponges out soiled spots with cleaning fluid. Counts pieces of fabric to verify work ticket. Bundles damaged and imperfect materials for repairing. (references) | |
| Fabricates and installs molding and trim in manufactured buildings, using handtools and power tools: Measures and cuts wooden and plastic molding and trim to specified size, using hand shears, miter box, and radial saw. Reads blueprint to determine location for installation and fastens molding and trim to interior surfaces of manufactured buildings, using pneumatic stapler and hammer. (references) | |
| Tends sanding machine that removes excess glue and lead from wooden pencil blanks: Removes metal clamp from blanks. Places blanks in machine hopper and starts machine. Removes sanded blanks from machine and stacks blanks on cart. May mix and spray coloring on ends of pencil blanks to indicate hardness of pencil lead, using spray gun. (references) | |
| Operates bench grinding machine: Holds stainless steel, silver, and silver-plated flatware against emery coated belt or wheel, shaped to match contour of workpiece, which removes burrs, flash, or pressmarks and rounds edges. May remove burrs, using hand file. May change abrasive belts, using handtools. (references) | |
| Attaches buttons, studs, snaps, chin straps, braid, and ornamental bands to caps, using needle and thread, stapler, or handpress. Attaches ornamental hat bands, using hot-glue gun or adhesive tape. May operate sewing machine to attach bands, chin straps, or bows. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | A small variable or semiadjustable capacitor or variable inductance used in tuning circuits to adjust capacitance values for alignment purposes so all circuits can be tuned accurately. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Instrument used to tune a communication set to a desired frequency. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TrimmerSynonyms: pruner (n), trimmer joist (n), trimming capacitor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Knave | Traitor, betrayer, archtraitor, conspirator, Judas, Catiline; reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer, tell-tale, mischief-maker; trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade; (tergiversation); truant, recreant; sycophant; (servility). |
Selfishness | Time-pleaser, time-server; tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter; jobber, worldling; egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist; dog in the manger, charity that begins at home; canis in praesepi, "foes to nobleness," temporizer, trimmer. |
Tergiversation | Time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter;time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter; weathercock; (changeable); Janus. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Grain trimmer, Duluth, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Electric hedge trimmer trimming the hedges. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Trimmer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.93% of the time. "Trimmer" is used about 57 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) | 71.93% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 24.56% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.51% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 57 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "trimmer" 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 |
| Trimmer | Last name | 1,000 | 14,731 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "trimmer": Brick trimmer ♦ coal trimmer ♦ edge trimmer ♦ hedge trimmer ♦ print trimmer ♦ trimmer arch ♦ trimmer joist ♦ trimmer shots ♦ window trimmer. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "trimmer": hedge-trimmer, lamp-trimmer. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tummy trimmer | 241 | trimmer mower | 44 |
trimmer | 231 | gas hedge trimmer | 44 |
hedge trimmer | 170 | ryobi gas trimmer | 43 |
string trimmer | 141 | homelite trimmer | 42 |
beard trimmer | 127 | echo string trimmer | 41 |
dr trimmer | 113 | bikini trimmer | 40 |
nose hair trimmer | 100 | gas string trimmer | 39 |
weed trimmer | 96 | nose trimmer | 39 |
ryobi trimmer | 89 | ryobi string trimmer | 38 |
gas trimmer | 89 | cordless hedge trimmer | 37 |
invisible tummy trimmer | 88 | stihl trimmer | 34 |
grass trimmer | 86 | bikini remington trimmer | 32 |
hair trimmer | 81 | john deere trimmer | 31 |
finishing touch trimmer | 60 | honda trimmer | 29 |
echo trimmer | 59 | dr trimmer mower | 29 |
ryobi trimmer part | 58 | cordless trimmer | 29 |
paper trimmer | 54 | tree trimmer | 27 |
lawn trimmer | 52 | electric hedge trimmer | 26 |
homelite part trimmer | 51 | cordless string trimmer | 25 |
line trimmer | 46 | waist trimmer | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "trimmer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shular, makinë prerëse (cutter), kondensator i rregullueshëm, fushak. (various references) | |
Arabic | مكثف (concentrated, condenser, intensified, massive), جهاز لتستيف الحمولة, الة صيد, الإنتهازي (opportunist, timeserver), أداة تشديب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нагаждач (adjuster, temporizer), междуетажна преграда, машина за одялване на трупи, приспособенец (compromiser, time server). (various references) | |
Chinese | 裁紙機 (paper cutter), 整理者 (Sors, sorter). (various references) | |
Czech | ořezávaè. (various references) | |
Danish | trimmer, trimmekondensator (trimming capacitor), stikbjælke, kullemper, hækklippemaskine (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), afkortersav. (various references) | |
Dutch | trimmercondensator (trimmer capacitor, trimmer condenser), trimmer (trimmer capacitor, trimmer condenser, trimming capacitor), tremmer, snoeier (cutter, hand shearer), reveling, knipper (hand shearer), instelweerstand (trimmer resistor), heggeschaar (hedge clippers, hedge shears), formaatzaag, automatische snijmachine (guillotine). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیرایشگر, تغییرعقیده دهنده بنابمصالح روز, تادیب کننده (Corrective), زینت دهنده (Decker), صاف کننده , دستکاری کننده . (various references) | |
Finnish | trimmaaja (hand shearer), tasaussaha, tasausleikkaaja (hand shearer), lämmittäjä (fireman, stoker), kannatinpylväs (buttress, supporting pillar), kannatinpalkki (bearer, girder), käsinleikkaaja (hand shearer). (various references) | |
French | trimer. (various references) | |
German | ordentlicher (tidier). (various references) | |
Greek | trimmer (trimming capacitor), Kόφτης γυαλιού (hand shearer), καιροσκόποσ (opportunist, temporarizer, time server, timeserver), καλλωπιστήσ (beautifier), συζευκτική δοκός, στοιβαδόρος (stevedore), μικρός ημιμεταβλητός πυκνωτής, πολύδισκος, αντισταθμιστήρας, αντισταθμιστής (hedger), τρίμερ, ψαλίδι φυτικών φρακτών (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), ψαλίδι (clipper, scissors, shears). (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'וזם, סת'לן (opportunist, timeserver). (various references) | |
Hungarian | többpengés bütüző körfűrész, többpengés bütüző himbafűrész, olló (scissors, shear, shears), fiókgerenda, köpönyegforgató (tergiversator, time server, turn-coat, vicar of Bray), körülvágó gép, kalap-átalakító, kiegyenlítő kondenzátor, kiegyenlítő lap (balancing flap), kikészítő munkás, kiváltott gerenda, lámpatisztító, leélező gép, nyeső olló, egyengető olló, nyesõ, vágószerkezet (header), opportunista (opportunist, opportunistic, to serve the time, vicar of Bray), posztókészítõ, posztókikészítő, rakomány-elrendező, ruhadíszítő, sorjázó gép, szénegyengető berendezés, szénegyengető munkás, utánhangoló kondenzátor, vágógép (cutter, shears), nyesőolló (shears). (various references) | |
Italian | troncatrice, trimmer (trimming capacitor), traversina (sleeper, tie), tosasiepe (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), tagliatrice (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), tagliasiepe (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), stabilizzatore (stabiliser, stabilizer), sfrondatrice (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), rifilatore (hand shearer), condensatore di allineamento, compensatore (compensating element, equaliser, equalizer), carbonaio. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | トリパノソーマ症 (sleeping sickness, toluene, torque, torque converter, tribune, trilemma, trill, trim, trimming, triple, triple crown, triple jump, triple play, trivia, trivialism, trooper, truffle, trypanosoma, trypanosomiasis, Turkey, turquoise). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | トリマー . (various references) | |
Korean | 트리머. (various references) | |
Manx | cormeyder (chancellor). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | immertray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | viga mestra (beam, bridle, girder, summer, summer-tree), retestadeira múltipla, podador, podão, oportunista (opportunist, opportunistic, tide-waiter, time-server, time-serving), operário que corta ou apara com tesoura (hand shearer), estivador (longshoreman, lumper, shoreman, stevedore), cortador manual com tesouras (hand shearer), cortador de sebes (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), condensador de alinhamento em paralelo, compensador (compensatory, equalizer, sway-beam), aquele que enfeita, aparador para gramados (edge trimmer, edger). (various references) | |
Russian | триммер, накатина (header), приспособленец (time server, timeserver, time-server), приводящий в порядок, подбалка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oportunista (opportunist, time server, timeserver), alat za potkresivanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | trimmer (trimming capacitor), sintonizador (tuner), retestadora múltiple, reductor de trim, recortadora de setos (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), recortadora, palero, guarnecedor (garnish, garnishee), durmiente (sleeper, sleeping), cortadora de setos (hedge cutter, hedger, hedgetrimmer), cortador manual con tijeras (hand shearer), compensador (compensator), afinador de sintonización. (various references) | |
Swedish | trimningssax, trimningsmaskin, stuveriarbetare (longshoreman, lumper, stevedore), stuvare (stevedore), klippningsmaskin, kantsåg (edger), kantklippare (hand shearer), justeringssåg, avväxlingsbalk. (various references) | |
Turkish | zaman adamı, yan kiriş, süslemeci, düzenleyici (compensator, grader, organizer, organizing, promoter, regulating, regulative, regulator, regulatory), çıkarcı politikacı (politician, politico). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | упорядник (compiler), опортуніст (opportunist, time server, wabbler, wobbler), підрізувач. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người thu dọn, người sắp xếp (arranger, sorter), người sửa sang máy xén, người lựa gió theo chiều. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "trimmer": trimmers. (additional references) | |
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"Trimmer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Drimmer, strimmer, Timmer, tremer, trime, trimel, trimer, trimeric, trimey, Trimurti, Tromeur, Trumhere, tzimmer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "trimmer" (pronounced tri"mer) |
| 4 | -r i" m er | Brimmer, grimmer, Primmer, Rimmer. |
| 3 | -i" m er | dimmer, excimer, glimmer, limmer, shimmer, simmer, skimmer, slimmer, swimmer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-m-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: retrim, rimmer, trimer. | |
-2 letters: merit, mimer, miter, mitre, remit, rimer, timer, trier. | |
-3 letters: emir, emit, item, mime, mire, mite, rime, rite, term, tier, time, tire, trim. | |
-4 letters: err, ire, mem, met, mim, mir, rei, rem, ret, rim, tie. | |
-5 letters: em, er, et, it, me, mi, mm, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-m-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: trimmers. | |
+2 letters: memoriter, merriment, retrimmed, thrummier. | |
+3 letters: merriments, micrometer, pretrimmed, retrimming. | |
+4 letters: crematorium, micrometers, overtrimmed, pretrimming, termitarium. | |
+5 letters: amperometric, armamentaria, crematoriums, immortalizer, morphometric, normothermia, normothermic, overtrimming, thermometric, trimethoprim. | |
| 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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