Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polisher

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: pol-ish-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who makes something smooth or shiny.

noun

A tool that makes something smooth or shiny.

noun

A machine that makes something smooth or shiny.

noun

A person who refines something.

Example Sentences

"Where do you keep the floor-polisher?"
"a polisher of stories"
"When he had repoſed four years and four months in the boſom of care, rocked in the cradle of proſperity, he was brought forth, according to the cuſtom of true believers, and committed to the charge of moralifts of high fame, poliſhers of noble manners, and ſearchers of true knowledge, that they might cultivate his heaven-born genius, and teach him with dignity to rule that world which he was born to command[.]"

Etymology

From polish + -er.

Inflected Forms

polishers (plural)

Phrases

apple-polisher French polisher knob polisher nail-polisher shoe-polisher

Synonyms

polishing machine buffer

Questions

What does polisher mean?: A person who makes something smooth or shiny.
Where does polisher come from?: From polish + -er.

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