divider

American  

[dih-vahy-der] / dɪˈvaɪ dər /

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.

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divider British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• predivider noun

Etymology

Origin of divider

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Okeke was traveling with a teenage passenger in his vehicle when Wheaton crossed the center divider and crashed into his vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

She bangs her shell against the metal divider to get their attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024

She said she hit the divider and then a tree.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

Keira and I keep our beds separated with a makeshift divider duct-taped together out of old cardboard boxes.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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