divider
Americannoun
-
Also called: room divider. a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas
-
a person or thing that divides
-
electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given input
a voltage divider
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of divider
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The 101 is a major divider of wildlife habitat, particularly where the bridge will be built over a heavily traveled route northwest of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
As a result, Friday's evening play will feature just the second instalment of the match between Barry Hawkins and Mark Williams, with the divider raised so the whole arena can watch.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
She also claimed another vehicle was “heading for me” and swerved out of the way, adding that she hit a road divider and then a tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Video from the scene showed a mangled, upside down sheriff’s motorcycle near the center divider about 30 yards away from a Toyota sedan, which was smashed from the rear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
As he worried over the cub, he could hear his parents talking on the other side of the divider.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
Seats are at the forefront, with private pods kitted out with extra storage space, wireless charging, ottomans and retractable privacy dividers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Lau's cubicle is one of nine in a single unit, separated by thin wooden dividers, in a 60-year-old building in one of Hong Kong's poorest neighbourhoods, Sham Shui Po.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
They used room dividers to carve their space into sleeping quarters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025
High-altitude photography came with risks - many of Sella's most ambitious shots were ruined when humid conditions caused tissue dividers to stick to the negatives.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
Mr. Khoury presses on, and I slip through a gap in the rear dividers.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
