divider

[dih-vahy-der]

noun

1. a person or thing that divides.

2. dividers, a pair of compasses, as used for dividing lines, measuring, etc.

3. a partition between two areas or dividing one area into two, as a piece of cardboard in a box or a bookcase jutting out from a wall.

4. room divider.

5. Mining.,  bunton.

divider

/ dɪˈvaɪdə /

noun

1. Also called: room divider. a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas

2. a person or thing that divides

3. electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given input

   a voltage divider

Other Word Forms

• predivider noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of divider¹

First recorded in 1520–30; divide + -er ¹

Example Sentences

At select hours, Kelley said, staff will put up a divider to create Deep Cut, a fancier “speakeasy restaurant” that will emphasize steak and seafood.

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Shortly before 9 p.m., as news helicopters broadcast the pursuit live from overhead, the suspect crashed the van into the northbound side of the center divider near the Avenue 43 exit in Montecito Heights.

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This time she planned to punch a hole right through the divider.

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The car suddenly veered left, going over the concrete divider and into southbound traffic, officials said.

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Jake Haro told police that he accidentally dropped the baby into a center divider in their kitchen sink while giving her a bath, but the doctor said the injuries did not fit that narrative.

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