SKIMMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skimmer mean? 

• SKIMMER (noun)
  The noun SKIMMER has 4 senses:

1. a rapid superficial reader

2. a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids

3. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

4. gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

  Familiarity information: SKIMMER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIMMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rapid superficial reader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

reader (a person who can read; a literate person)

Derivation:

skim (read superficially)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)

Derivation:

skim (remove from the surface)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boater; leghorn; Panama; Panama hat; sailor; skimmer; straw hat

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

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

coastal diving bird (gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family)

Holonyms ("skimmer" is a member of...):

genus Rynchops; Rynchops (type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers)