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Definition: Eraser |
EraserNoun1. An implement used to erase something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Eraser |
| English words defined with "eraser": blackboard eraser ♦ ink eraser ♦ pencil eraser ♦ rubber, rubber eraser. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "eraser": ASSORTER ♦ BALLPOINT-PEN-ASSEMBLY-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ PREASSEMBLER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ♦ STAMPER I, SUPERVISOR, FINISHING DEPARTMENT ♦ TIPPING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Eraser - Turnabout (1996) | |
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| "Eraser" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.00% of the time. "Eraser" is used about 25 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) | 96% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (proper) | 4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "eraser": blackboard eraser ♦ ink eraser ♦ pencil eraser ♦ rubber eraser. 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
eraser | 1,073 | free history eraser | 28 |
internet eraser | 718 | porn eraser | 27 |
track eraser | 240 | pro privacy eraser | 26 |
free internet eraser | 208 | free eraser | 26 |
history eraser | 143 | eraser free web | 24 |
web eraser | 110 | free internet eraser download | 21 |
track eraser pro | 96 | pencil eraser | 21 |
hard drive eraser | 86 | internet track eraser | 20 |
file eraser | 70 | eprom eraser | 20 |
cd eraser | 61 | hard disk eraser | 20 |
5.3 eraser | 59 | eraser tape | 19 |
5.6 eraser | 57 | eraser mind | 18 |
internet history eraser | 57 | eraser movie | 18 |
privacy eraser | 55 | eraser software | 17 |
disk eraser | 54 | electric eraser | 16 |
evidence eraser | 47 | cookie eraser | 16 |
data eraser | 35 | drive eraser | 15 |
cd rw eraser | 34 | eraser sims | 15 |
east tec eraser | 31 | pop up eraser | 15 |
internet eraser pro | 28 | eraser head | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "eraser"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | llastik (elastic, gum, rubber), gomë (caoutchouc, gum, india rubber, ink eraser, rubber, tire, tyre), fshirëse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الممحاة, المحاية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гума за изтриване (india rubber), инструмент за изстъргване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 橡皮搽 , 橡皮". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | guma (gum, india rubber, rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | viskelaeder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gom (gum), gummi (gum, gutta-percha, rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | gumo (gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | gummi (gum, rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyyhekumi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gomme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | radiergummi (india rubber, rubber), Radiermesser (erasers), Löscheinrichtung, gummi (chicle, Durex, elastic, gum, gumma, rubber, rubber band). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σβυστήρι, σβυστήρας, γόμα σβυσίματος, γομολάστιχα (rubber), εξαλειπτήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מוחק (rubber), מחק (rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | radír (rubber, rubber ereaser), táblatörlő (board rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penghapus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | raschino (rubber, squeegee), gomma per cancellare (rubber), gomma da cancellare, gomma (coking, fouling, gum, pneumatic tyre, rubber, rubber tyre, tire, tyre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 消しゴ (India rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | イレーザー , ゴ (gum, rubber), けしゴ (India rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지우개. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scryssane (rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohawk | tsyerakewahtha. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | viskelær, raderkniv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eraseray borracha de apagar. (various references) radierã (rubber), gumã de şters, gumã (caoutchouc, elastic, gum, resin, rosin, rubber). (various references) резинка (elastic, india rubber, rubber band), ластик (india-rubber). (various references) sephumodi. (various references) gumica za brisanje (rubber). (various references) goma de borrar (rubber). (various references) suddgummi, raderkniv, radergummi (india rubber), kautschuk (caoutchouc, cautchoue, india rubber, rubber). (various references) ยางลบ (rubber). (various references) silgi (cleaner, duster, india rubber, rubber), kazıma çakısı. (various references) bozguз. (various references) гумка (elastic, rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eraser": erasers. (additional references) | |
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"Eraser" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: earse, Earwaker, egrapsen, erace, eracer, eracser, erascer, erasor, erasrg, erasrgc, erater, erator, eraze, erazer, erease, erider, erisee, Erisort, Ersari, Euroserv, Neuraker, raser, Reaser, urase. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eraser" (pronounced irā"ser or ērā"ser) |
| 4 | -r ā" s er | bracer, racer, tracer. |
| 3 | -ā" s er | chaser, facer, lacer, pacer, spacer. |
| 4 | -r ā" s er | bracer, racer, tracer. |
| 3 | -ā" s er | chaser, facer, lacer, pacer, spacer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: searer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: erase, rares, raser, rears, saree, serer. | |
-2 letters: ares, arse, ears, ease, eras, errs, rare, rase, rear, rees, sear, seer, sera, sere. | |
-3 letters: are, ars, ear, era, ere, err, ers, ras, ree, res, sae, sea, see, ser. | |
-4 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: bearers, careers, creaser, earners, erasers, erasure, fearers, greaser, hearers, readers, reamers, reapers, rearers, reavers, redears, reearns, regears, rehears, reraise, rereads, retears, serrate, shearer, smearer, spearer, swearer, tearers, wearers. | |
+2 letters: adherers, alterers, amercers, answerer, arrested, arrestee, arrester, arteries, asperser, asserter, austerer, breakers, caperers, caresser, caterers, clearers, creamers, creasers, creasier, dreamers, drearies, ecraseur, ensnarer, erasures, ferrates, gerberas, greasers, greasier, learners, measurer, paperers, pearlers, preavers, prepares, presager, rarefies, rareness, ravelers, raveners, reachers, realiser, realters, reargues, rearouse, rearrest, reasoner, reassert, reassure, rebaters, recrates, redreams, redwares, reframes, regalers, regrades, regrates, rehearse, relapser, relaters, relaxers, relearns, releaser, remakers, remaster, repapers, rephrase, reraised, reraises, research, reshaper, respread, retakers, retraces, retreads, retreats, reversal, screamer, seafarer, searcher, serrated, serrates, shearers, slaverer, smearers, smearier, spearers, spreader, streaker, streamer, swearers, taperers, terraces, terranes, terrases, traverse, treaders, treasure, treaters, wagerers, waterers, waverers, wreakers, yearners. | |
| 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 72 61 73 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. .- ... . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01100001 01110011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r a s e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 0061 0073 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)398467857184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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