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coker

9.9

A worker who operates a machine that makes coke in a plant

noun
/ˈkoʊkər/

Specialized

: coker

After years as a coker, he became an expert in producing high-quality coke for steelmaking.

Examples

Each coker on the team had a specific role during the night shift at the refinery.
The experienced coker carefully monitored the machinery to prevent any accidents in the plant.
The coker operates the machine efficiently.
Many cokers work at the steel plant.
The experienced coker carefully monitored the machinery to prevent any accidents in the plant.
After years as a coker, he became an expert in producing high-quality coke for steelmaking.
Each coker on the team had a specific role during the night shift at the refinery.

How Skilled

senior

800 2.9

foreman

187 3.1

coker

Specialized

9.9

trainee

50 2.4

Surface Forms

coker singular

cokers plural

Morphology

coker = coke (transparent) = coke + er

The person is readily understood as someone who cokes or works with coking, via the productive noun-forming suffix -er.

Etymology

Coker for a person is formed from coke plus the ending -er that means 'a person who does something', the same pattern as baker or driver. So a coker is 'one who makes or works with coke', which is why it refers to a worker in a coking plant.