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pitter

pitter

6.2
A tool that removes the hard stone from fruit like cherries
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪtər/
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  • With a simple cherry pitter, you can easily prepare fresh cherries for a fruit salad.
  • cherry pitter

Examples

  • And the olive pitter.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Using a cherry pitter, you can quickly remove the stones from each cherry for your dessert.

  • A cherry pitter is essential for preserving the fruit's quality while making jams or pies.

Synonyms

seeder
vspitter
5.4

A tool used to remove small hard parts from fruit

removes hard inner stones from fruit such as cherries or olives

Compounds

pitter-patter
3 3.0

A series of light, quick tapping sounds like rain or small footsteps

Surface Forms

pitter singular
pitters plural

Morphology

pitter = pit (transparent) = pit + er

The word is directly formed by adding the agentive/instrumental suffix '-er' to 'pit', so its meaning is easy to infer.

Etymology

The word pitter comes from pit meaning 'stone' or 'seed' inside a fruit and the ending -er meaning 'one who does something', like baker, so a pitter is a tool or person that removes the pit from cherries or olives.