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UNTIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untier mean?
• UNTIER (noun)
The noun UNTIER has 1 sense:
1. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
Familiarity information: UNTIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
opener; undoer; unfastener; untier
Context example:
children are talented undoers of their shoelaces
Hypernyms ("untier" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
untie (undo the ties of)
untie (cause to become loose)
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