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SPRAYER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sprayer mean? 

SPRAYER (noun)
  The noun SPRAYER has 2 senses:

1. a worker who applies spray to a surfaceplay

2. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mistplay

  Familiarity information: SPRAYER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPRAYER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who applies spray to a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sprayer" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

Derivation:

spray (cover by spraying with a liquid)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

atomiser; atomizer; nebuliser; nebulizer; spray; sprayer

Hypernyms ("sprayer" is a kind of...):

dispenser (a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sprayer"):

airbrush (an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air)

Derivation:

spray (scatter in a mass or jet of droplets)


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