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sizer

sizer

1 4.4
A tool or person who finds the size of things like rings
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪzər/
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  • In parallel, a Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS Model 3080; TSI Inc.) was used to monitor particle size distribution and exposure concentrations.
  • a foot sizer

What's you've got a right sizer, she said.

Examples

  • All post offices have a cardboard sizer to see if an envelope can fit through the machines.

    Blog text (16)
  • For example, Rev. Steven Sizer, who was affiliated with Christian Aid for a number of years, espouses the doctrine of supersecessionism, also known as replacement theology.

    Academic text (2015)
  • What's you've got a right sizer, she said.

  • The tailor used a sizer to ensure the suit would fit the customer perfectly.

  • At the craft fair, vendors employed a special sizer to accurately measure their handmade jewelry.

  • When fitting new shoes, the salesperson took out a sizer to check the correct shoe size for the customer.

Synonyms

2 3.0

A tool that shows how big, heavy, or hot something is

is used mainly to determine physical size rather than any measure
measurer
vssizer
1 2.9

A person or tool that finds size, amount and degree

focuses specifically on determining physical size rather than other quantities
admeasurer
vssizer
  • Archaic
9.9

A tool for finding the length or volume of objects

is focused on general size measurement not only length or capacity
size stick
vssizer
  • Specialized
7.5

A measuring tool used by shoe sellers to measure foot length and width

is a general sizing tool for many objects not only feet
outside caliper
vssizer
  • Specialized
7.7

A tool with curved legs that fit around an object to measure its outer size

is broader and used to find size in many ways not only external spans

Surface Forms

sizer singular
sizers plural

Morphology

sizer = size (transparent) = size + er

Clear agent/instrument formation from the verb 'to size' meaning 'to determine size', so learners can infer 'one or something that sizes'.

Etymology

Sizer comes from the simple word size meaning 'measure' and the ending -er meaning 'one who' or 'that which'. So a sizer is a person or tool that finds or checks the correct size, like a ring or shoe sizer.