reamer
IPA: rˈimɝ
noun
- A tool for boring a hole wider.
- A device for rendering citrus juice.
- A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.
- A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
- A surname.
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Examples of "reamer" in Sentences
- I think that I still have a Clymer reamer for the Roberts.
- These were made by reaming molten glass with a graphite reamer.
- And yes, the word reamer also makes me giggle–I guess I’m 12, too.
- I couldn’t get the word reamer at the moment and hence the term - ‘the wooden thing’.
- As with the spout, the tray and sieves are fairly lightweight-gauge stainless; but the reamer is a solid piece of heavy, polished metal.
- Reaming with solid reamer means machining of close-tolerance holes (fitting holes) by means of a reamer which is fixed in the tailstock of the lathe.
- I also provided fireformed AI cases (that had been fired in another rifle which I had chambered with the same reamer) and explained that I wanted the new barrel to be headspaced to fit the fireformed cases I left with him.
- They also said that the long string design might have contributed an accumulation of debris and drilling mud that might have interfered with a device known as a reamer shoe that plays a role in closing an important valve in the central drill pipe.
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