LUBRICATOR

lubricant, lubricator, lubricating substance, lube

(noun) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lubricator (plural lubricators)

A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant.

A person employed to lubricate.

Source: Wiktionary


Lu"bri*ca`tor, n.

1. One who, or that which, lubricates. " Lubricator of the fibers." Burke.

2. A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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