Etymology tree
English ream
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English reamer
From ream + -er.
Meanings
A tool for boring a hole wider.
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. 1977, Roger W. Autor Bolz, Production Processes: The Productivity Handbook, page 12-81:
A device for rendering citrus juice.
A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.
A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.
One who reams.
“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.” 2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (18:27 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
Etymology tree
English ream
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English reamer
From ream + -er.
Meanings
(transitive) To use a reamer on something; to clear out something using a reamer.
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reamers
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Translations (39)
fr grattoir (pipe tool) · fi aarpora (tool for boring) · it scovolino (pipe tool) · es escariador (tool for boring) · fi sitruspuristin (cooking appliance) · cy ehangwr (tool for boring) · nl ruimer (tool for boring) · ca barrina (tool for boring) · cs škrabka (pipe tool) · ga réamaire (tool for boring) · cy lledwr (tool for boring) · ca exprimidor (cooking appliance) · es troquel (tool for boring) · cs výstružník (tool for boring) · de Räumahle (tool for boring) · it perforatore (tool for boring) · de Räumer (tool for boring) · it spremiagrumi (cooking appliance) · it punta di trapano (tool for boring) · it alesatore (tool for boring) · es exprimidor (cooking appliance) · bg сокоизстисквачка (cooking appliance) · fr alésoir (tool for boring) · cs lis na citrón (cooking appliance) · sv rivare (tool for boring) · sv upprymmare (tool for boring) · ca broca (tool for boring) · it scovolo (pipe tool) · hu citromfacsaró (cooking appliance) · ru развёртка (tool for boring) · ga fáiscire (cooking appliance) · bg райбер (tool for boring) · it trapano (tool for boring) · mk рис (tool for boring) · sv brotsch (tool for boring) · pl rozwiertak (tool for boring) · fr presse-citron (cooking appliance) · de Reibahle (tool for boring) · mk цедка (tool for boring)