divider
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3.0
- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪdər/
- We installed a wooden divider to create a more private space in the living room.
- space dividers
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Watch on YouTubeSo 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
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6.8
A set of resistors connected in a line across a battery or power supply that gives a smaller output voltage
- 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
How Permanent
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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.