e-reader

or e·Read·er

[ ee-ree-der ]

/ ˈiˌri dər /

noun Digital Technology.

a portable electronic device used for reading books and other text materials that are in digital form.

Nearby words

e-nose, e-passport, e-payment, e-piracy, e-prime, e-reader, e-recruitment, e-rosette test, e-signature, e-tail, e-tailer

Also called e-book reader [ee-boo k] /ˈiˌbʊk/.

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Examples from the Web for e-reader

With prices more or less in the single digits to low teens, the e-reader makes page counts a selling point for books.
Are Books Becoming Too Long to Read?|Marc Wortman|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
By the time I finished in the fall of 2011, the advent of the e-reader had transformed the world of publishing.
Why My Next E-Book Will Be About Iraq|David Frum|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And 28 percent of Americans own at least one device for e-reading, either a tablet or an e-reader.
Pew E-book Survey: 20 Percent of U.S. Is Reading Electronically|Malcolm Jones|April 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
If 2009 was the year of the e-reader, 2010 has been the year of the tablet PC.
Reinventing the News Business|Michael Mendenhall|September 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST

With them, you can wrap a laptop, an iPhone, an e-reader, or a video game console in a work like Disarray.
eBay's Millionaire Artist|Graham T. Beck|August 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
These symbols may not be correctly displayed by some e-reader devices.
The Snakes of Europe|G. A. Boulenger
Some of the forms used herein do not work well in some current e-reader applications.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
The e-reader cover image has been created for this project, and is placed in the public domain.
A Practical Treatise on Gas-light|Fredrick Accum
The cover image has been produced by the submitter for the e-reader editions of this e-text.
The True History of The State Prisoner, commonly called The Iron Mask|George Agar Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for e-reader

e-reader

noun

a portable device that allows users to download and read texts in electronic form

Word Origin for e-reader

C21: from e- 2 + reader

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e-reader

or e·Read·er

noun Digital Technology.

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e-reader

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