noun
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anatomy any muscle that raises a part or makes it erect
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a person or thing that erects
Etymology
Origin of erector
Example Sentences
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The Crew’s new stadium, which opened in 1999, looked like a hunk of metal that lived up to its derisive nickname, “The Erector Set.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024
His creations included his own version of the hula hoop and a variation on the Erector Set.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2021
He grew up pretending to be an announcer on a microphone he built with his Erector set.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2021
Baby boomers old enough to remember Erector sets might think Cisbot was constructed from the parts bins of their childhoods.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2017
There they sat, a big gray Erector set, now looped with yellow police ribbons that said DO NOT CROSS.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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