SHAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shaper mean? 

• SHAPER (noun)
  The noun SHAPER has 2 senses:

1. a person who makes things

2. a machine tool for shaping metal or wood

  Familiarity information: SHAPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who makes things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

maker; shaper

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

creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaper"):

wigmaker (someone who makes and sells wigs)

horologer; horologist; watchmaker (someone who makes or repairs watches)

violin maker (someone who makes violins)

vintner; wine maker; winemaker (someone who makes wine)

toolmaker (someone skilled in making or repairing tools)

tentmaker (someone who makes or repairs tents)

steelmaker; steelman; steelworker (a worker engaged in making steel)

spinner; spinster; thread maker (someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads))

shirtmaker (a maker of shirts)

sailmaker (a maker of sails)

saddler (a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses)

piano maker (a person who makes pianos)

perfumer (a person who makes (and sells) perfumes)

patternmaker (someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking))

needleworker (someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle)

manufacturer; producer (someone who manufactures something)

maltman; maltster (a maker of malt)

jeweler; jeweller; jewelry maker (someone who makes jewelry)

ironworker (a person who makes articles of iron)

hatmaker; hatter; milliner; modiste (someone who makes and sells hats)

glassmaker (someone who makes glass)

author; generator; source (someone who originates or causes or initiates something)

candymaker; confectioner (someone who makes candies and other sweets)

cobbler; shoemaker (a person who makes or repairs shoes)

chandler (a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints)

beer maker; brewer (someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water)

bookmaker (a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books)

belt maker (a maker of belts)

basketmaker; basketweaver (someone skilled in weaving baskets)

Instance hyponyms:

Adolphe Sax; Sax (a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894))

Derivation:

shape (give shape or form to)

shape (make something, usually for a specific function)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A machine tool for shaping metal or wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

shaper; shaping machine

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

machine tool (a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaper"):

miller; milling machine (machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it)

lathe (machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool)

Derivation:

shape (give shape or form to)