turner

CEFRB2

/ˈtɝ.nɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who turns or shapes wood on a lathe.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A kitchen utensil used for turning food.

Examples

  • Mr Turner bade farewell to his colleagues.

  • Turner stands out among the painters of his time.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.

  2. One who or that which turns.

  3. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.

More examples

In context

  • […] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes.

  • Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The master blank carefully shaped the wooden leg on the old lathe machine.

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

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Origin

noun

From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).