SQUEEZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squeezer mean? 

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

1. a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUEEZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

kitchen utensil (a utensil used in preparing food)

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

juice reamer; juicer; reamer (a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit)

Derivation:

squeeze (to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition)