Definitions for tuner

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tuner tun·er

Spelling: [too-ner, tyoo-]

IPA: /ˈtu nər, ˈtyu-/

Tuner is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in tuner (enrtu).

Definitions for tuner

noun

1. a person or thing that tunes.
2. the portion of a radio or television receiver that captures the broadcast signal and feeds it to other circuits in the set for further processing.

Origin of tuner

1570-80; 1905-10 for def 2; tune + -er¹

Examples for tuner

The tuner told me afterwards that he broke seventeen strings.

I understood the orders was to let the tuner in once a quarter, sir.

Certain pins are marked to guide the tuner in placing his hammer.

Then for a long time Curlie sat staring at the knob of his tuner.

Leaping to the tuner, he touched its knob, twisted it first this way, then that.

This system requires the tuner to make use of both fourths and fifths.

Questions are often asked the tuner concerning the care of the piano.

That was a tuningfork the tuner had that he forgot that he now struck.

I hope it's in tune; 't is only four months since the tuner was here.

Rarely, if ever, will a tuner with a good ear leave the upper tones too sharp.