Definitions for separator

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separator sep·a·ra·tor

Spelling: [sep-uh-rey-ter]

IPA: /ˈsɛp əˌreɪ tər/

Separator is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 520 anagrams from letters in separator (aaeoprrst).

Definitions for separator

noun

1. a person or thing that separates.
2. any of various apparatus for separating one thing from another, as cream from milk, steam from water, or wheat from chaff.
3. Electricity. a device that prevents metal contact between plates of opposite charge in a storage battery.
4. Machinery. retainer1 (def 3).

Origin of separator

1600-10; Late Latin sēparātor, equivalent to Latin sēparā(re) to separate + -tor -tor

Examples for separator

Therefore, keep the separator tank in a clean place and keep a cover on it.

He took the separator apart and carried it up to his mother to be washed.

The graphic used as a separator is taken from the cover design.

For this purpose a separator is introduced and all whey is separated daily.

In Stockholm they manufacture a separator which is sent to every part of the world.

The Philadelphia separator is made of quarter sawed hardwood.

Once the separator is clipped onto the cup, you can flip it over the edge.

He took the strap off one wheel and put it around the wheel of the separator.

Ole was some rumpled, and his clothes looked as if they had been fed into a separator.

The graphic used as a separator is adapted from the cover design.