reamer

See also: Reamer

English

Taper pin reamers in assorted sizes.

Etymology

From ream +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹi.məɹ/
• Hyphenation: ream‧er
• Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)

Noun

reamer (plural reamers)

1. A tool for boring a hole wider.
   • 1977, Roger W. Autor Bolz, Production Processes: The Productivity Handbook‎^[1], page 12-81:

     allowance at the bottom of blind bores for the chamfered tip of the reamer will obviate additional operations with shouldering or bottoming reamers to completely finish the entire length of a hole.

2. A device for rendering citrus juice.
3. A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.
4. A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
5. One who reams.
   • 2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (18:27 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎^[2], season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):

     “Just to be clear, old-timer, I'm not always the sucker, and he's not always the reamer.” “Though, he does ream me nightly.” “Adolfo, you dirty dog.”

Translations

tool for boring

• Bulgarian: райбер (bg) m (rajber)
• Catalan: barrina (ca) f, broca (ca) f
• Czech: výstružník (cs) m
• Dutch: ruimer (nl) m
• Finnish: aarpora (fi)
• French: alésoir (fr) m
• German: Reibahle f, Räumahle f, Räumer m
• Irish: réamaire m
• Italian: alesatore m, trapano (it) m, perforatore (it), punta di trapano f
• Macedonian: рис (mk) m (ris), цедка f (cedka)
• Polish: rozwiertak (pl) m
• Russian: развёртка (ru) f (razvjórtka)
• Spanish: escariador m, troquel (es) m
• Swedish: brotsch c, rivare c, upprymmare c
• Welsh: lledwr m, ehangwr m

cooking appliance

• Bulgarian: сокоизстисквачка f (sokoizstiskvačka)
• Catalan: exprimidor m
• Czech: lis na citrón
• Finnish: sitruspuristin
• French: presse-citron (fr) m
• Hungarian: citromfacsaró (hu)
• Irish: fáiscire m
• Italian: spremiagrumi m
• Spanish: exprimidor (es) m

pipe tool

• French: grattoir (fr) m
• Italian: scovolino (it) m, scovolo m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.a.mer/, [ˈreämɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.a.mer/, [ˈrɛːämer]

Verb

reamer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of reamō