slider

CEFRB1

/ˈslaɪdɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something that slides; a small burger.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Agent noun of slide: that which slides.

Examples

  • The red-eared slider may wander far from water, and rapidly colonize any newly available habitat.

  • The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.

  2. A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.

  3. A sliding door.

More examples

In context

  • We ordered five sliders.

  • In the Vista Volume Mixer tool, when you move the speaker volume slider, the program sliders move along with it.

  • Woburn-NEW custom build 5 bedroom, 4 baths, lg. living room, lg. formal dining room, see thru fireplace, 2 sliders to two decks, 1 oversized garage […]

Synonyms

Quick test

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Because the metal guide was rusty, the window's blank stuck completely and refused to move.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From slide + -er. The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder". Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor.