THREADER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does threader mean? 

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

1. a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREADER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bodkin; threader

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

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Derivation:

thread (thread on or as if on a string)

thread (pass a thread through)