SHAPER

shaper, shaping machine

(noun) a machine tool for shaping metal or wood

maker, shaper

(noun) a person who makes things

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shaper (plural shapers)

One who shapes.

A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.

(surfing) A person who designs and builds surfboards.

Anagrams

• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, sharpe, sherpa, shrape, sphear

Source: Wiktionary


Shap"er, n.

1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell.

2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; (a) (Metal Working) A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank. (b) (Wood Working) A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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