shaper
Meanings
Plural: shapers
Noun
- a person who makes things
- a machine tool for shaping metal or wood
- Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
- A person who designs and builds surfboards.
- Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
- A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
- Any agent that shapes (something), whether literally or figuratively.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English shapper, shapere, schapare, scaper, scheppere, schuppere, alteration (perhaps due to Old Norse skaperi, skapari) of Old English sċyppend, sċieppend (“shaper; maker; creator”), equivalent to shape + -er. Cognate with Dutch schepper, German Schöpfer, Danish skaber, Swedish skapare, Icelandic skapari.
Synonyms
maker, shaping machine
Scrabble Score: 11
shaper is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordshaper is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shaper is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
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