reamer
Americannoun
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any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
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any bladelike pick or rod used for scraping, shaping, or enlarging a hole.
a pipe reamer.
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a kitchen utensil for extracting and collecting juice from fruits, having a deep saucerlike base and in the center a grooved cone on which the fruit half is pressed down by hand.
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Dentistry. a drill with a spiral blade, for enlarging root canals.
noun
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a steel tool with a cylindrical or tapered shank around which longitudinal teeth are ground, used for smoothing the bores of holes accurately to size
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a utensil with a conical projection used for extracting juice from citrus fruits; lemon squeezer
Etymology
Origin of reamer
Example Sentences
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Roll them before juicing, use a reamer if you have it and use a fine-mesh strainer to catch seeds.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
A simple wooden citrus reamer will get the most juice out of your lemons, limes and oranges.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
This brass-and-black cocktail shaker also has a reamer attachment, so you can juice the citrus fruit of your choice directly into the tin.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2018
The bee's kiss now,' as I bore down firmly on the reamer.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a die or internal reamer, the cutting points of which were all equidistant from a common centre, were placed over a piece of work, as a bar of iron shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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