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sizer

1
[ sahy-zer ]
/ ˈsaɪ zər /

noun

any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
a worker who judges or sorts objects according to size.

Words nearby sizer

size-up, size-weight illusion, sizeable, sized, sizeism, sizer, sizing, sizy, sizzle, sizzler, sizzling

Origin of sizer

1
First recorded in 1670–80; size1 + -er1

Definition for sizer (2 of 3)

sizer2
[ sahy-zer ]
/ ˈsaɪ zər /

noun

sizar.

Definition for sizer (3 of 3)

sizar

or siz·er

[ sahy-zer ]
/ ˈsaɪ zər /

noun

(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.

Origin of sizar

First recorded in 1580–90; size1 + -ar3

OTHER WORDS FROM sizar

siz·ar·ship, nounsub·siz·ar, nounsub·siz·ar·ship, noun
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Examples from the Web for sizer

  • A shawl is a hat and hurt and a red balloon and an under coat and a sizer a sizer of talks.

    Tender Buttons|Gertrude Stein

British Dictionary definitions for sizer

sizar
/ (ˈsaɪzə) /

noun

British (at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate receiving a maintenance grant from the college

Derived forms of sizar

sizarship, noun

Word Origin for sizar

C16: from earlier sizer, from size 1 (meaning ``an allowance of food, etc'')
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for sizer

sizer
[ sī′zər ]

n.

A cylinder of variable diameter, with rounded ends, used to measure the internal diameter of the bowel in preparation for stapling.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.