POLISHER (polisher)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: polisher   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does polisher mean? 

• POLISHER (noun)
  The noun POLISHER has 1 sense:

1. a power tool used to buff surfaces

  Familiarity information: POLISHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLISHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A power tool used to buff surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

buffer; polisher

Hypernyms ("polisher" is a kind of...):

power tool (a tool driven by a motor)

Meronyms (parts of "polisher"):

buffing wheel (a wheel that is covered with soft material)

Derivation:

polish (make (a surface) shine)

 Context examples 

Well, he wasn't always a butler; he used to be the silver polisher for some people in New York that had a silver service for two hundred people. He had to polish it from morning till night until finally it began to affect his nose—

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)