Definitions for erector

erector e·rec·tor

Spelling: [ih-rek-ter]
IPA: /ɪˈrɛk tər/

Erector is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in erector (ceeorrt).

Definitions for erector

noun

  1. Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
  2. Anatomy. a muscle that erects the body or one of its parts.

Origin of erector

First recorded in 1530-40; erect + -or2

Examples for erector

The erector spinæ masses are treated by careful finger-tip kneading.

This erector approaches closely the faculties of the human arm.

The erector muscles of the spine (sacrolumbalis, longissimus dorsi and multifidus spinæ) weighed fully 16 lbs.

William Murdock, at this time a Boulton and Watt erector, may have suggested this arrangement.

The erector consisted of a box-shaped frame mounted on a central shaft revolving on bearings attached to the shield.

The principal figures connected with the erector, assuming a water pressure of 5,000 lb.

Here, for the first time, an “erector arm” was used for placing the segments, which weighed about half a ton.

The erector rotating rams were controlled by a similar valve, with four spindles, also operated by a single hand-wheel.

If he erected the Memorial, he should have been described as "The erector."

Like the erector of a pillar, he supports the sky with his smoke; and one of his distinctive epithets is “smoke-bannered.”

Word Value for erector
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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