PENCIL ERASER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pencil eraser mean? 

• PENCIL ERASER (noun)
  The noun PENCIL ERASER has 1 sense:

1. an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil

  Familiarity information: PENCIL ERASER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENCIL ERASER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pencil eraser; rubber; rubber eraser

Hypernyms ("pencil eraser" is a kind of...):

eraser (an implement used to erase something)

Holonyms ("pencil eraser" is a part of...):

pencil (a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood)

 Context examples 

They are usually round or oval and no larger than a pencil eraser.

(Moles, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

They are so small that a line of 1,000 could fit across a pencil eraser.

(Bacterial Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Adam was lucky — a mammogram caught her cancer early… when the tumor was just three by four millimeters, smaller than the size of a pencil eraser.

(Study Shows Chemotherapy Not Needed To Treat Many Breast Cancers, Carol Pearson/VOA)