grader

Meaning

1. A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
2. A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
3. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
4. One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
5. A surname.

Etymology / origin

From grade + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).

Related words

Descendant words

• گریدر(Persian) (bor)
• грейдер(Russian) (bor)
• greda(Swahili) (bor)
• greyder(Turkish) (bor)

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