adaptor

adapter

/ (əˈdæptə) /

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noun

a person or thing that adapts

any device for connecting two parts, esp ones that are of different sizes or have different mating fitments

a plug used to connect an electrical device to a mains supply when they have different types of terminals
a device used to connect several electrical appliances to a single mains socket

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Words nearby adaptor

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How to use adaptor in a sentence

One of note is a compact power adaptor with a protective cover.
Apple Wants to Make Your Head Into an App|Abby Haglage|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The artist and the adaptor have still hardly begun to work with the endless variety of substances now at their disposal.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells
The adaptor piece may have a face mould worked upon it to give a pilaster-like appearance if fancy so dictates.
Woodwork Joints|William Fairham
We can do some of these things by apparatus designed by the brain of man—and man really is but an imitator and adaptor of Nature.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers|Swami Panchadasi

The adaptor deserves great credit for altering as little as possible.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
He is styled the inventor of the velvet pile in tapestry, but it were better to call him the adaptor.
The Tapestry Book|Helen Churchill Candee