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eraser.

One who erases.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪˈɹeɪzə/Received-Pronunciation/ɪˈɹeɪsɚ/General-American/ɛ~ɪˈresə(r)/South-Asia
  1. One who erases.

  2. An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.

    Canada · Philippines · US
    I have worn out the eraser on this pencil.
  3. An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.

    Canada · Philippines · US
  4. An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Italic *razdō Latin radō Latin ērādō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ērāsusder. English erase 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 eraser From erase + -er.

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