divider
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3.0
- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪdər/
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mampara
- We installed a wooden divider to create a more private space in the living room.
- space dividers
So they take a big hole on the ground and then they put a divider in the middle.
- So they take a big hole on the ground and then they put a divider in the middle.
- So nowhere, anywhere was there a divider between the urinals And, and now that it is not exclusive.
- Just getting bins without finger dividers and putting heaters.
Examples
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Both vehicles are now up on the center divider.
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My gerbil uses it for a room divider.
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So they take a big hole on the ground and then they put a divider in the middle.
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Either way, the divider between the man in front and the man behind remains closed.
Fiction book (2001) -
Dog B, on the other side of the divider, would get exactly the same shock.
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The car just went right over the centre divider...
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Because when we were locked down, in the visitors room they had this clear plastic divider... that separated you from your visitor.
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The city then agreed to build a more resistant six-inch concrete divider between the gateball courts.
Academic text (2006) -
Behind the male figure, a low purple divider separates the family's sleeping quarters from the main living space.
Academic text (2005) -
The main room was broken into small cubicles; blue dividers separated desks; behind the desks stood red chairs.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A vertical structure that divides or surrounds an area, like part of a building
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4.2
A wall or screen that divides one area of a room from another
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3.4
A thing that keeps two areas apart, like a curtain or a mark in text
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine that cuts dough into equal pieces and shapes them into small round rolls
A set of resistors connected one after another that gives a smaller, adjustable voltage from a source
- Specialized
A set of resistors connected in a line across a battery or power supply that gives a smaller output voltage
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word divider comes from the verb divide 'to separate', which goes back to Latin and meant 'to split into parts'. So a divider is literally something that separates spaces, like a wall, screen or shelf.