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ERASER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An implement used to erase something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("eraser" is a kind of...):
implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eraser"):
blackboard eraser (an eraser that removes chalk marks from blackboard)
ink eraser (an eraser that removes ink marks)
pencil eraser; rubber; rubber eraser (an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil)
Derivation:
erase (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information)
erase (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing)
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