stripper
- noun
- /ˈstrɪpər/
- Specialized
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pelacables
- Can you hand me the stripper to remove the plastic coating from these wires?
- a wire stripper
Need a crappy fan to absolutely destroy wire strippers and a sacrificial molex.
- Need a crappy fan to absolutely destroy wire strippers and a sacrificial molex.
- Are you just by most wire strippers will have something to help you measure the wire gauge.
- When you're choosing a wire stripper, make sure that the little detents in here that line up to different wire sizes.
Examples
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The electrician used a sharp stripper to safely expose the wires for the installation.
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Can you hand me those wire strippers?
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Could you hand me the wire strippers?
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I finally broke down and got these nip X wire strippers this year.
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When you're choosing a wire stripper, make sure that the little detents in here that line up to different wire sizes.
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The stripper can be used to end-strip or window-strip film-insulated magnetic wire from 11 to 28 AWG.
Academic text (1999) -
When working with electrical projects, a good stripper is essential for proper connections.
Synonyms
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3.5
A hand tool that removes the covering from electric wires
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.6
An oil well near the end of its life that produces less than ten barrels a day
How Precise
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Morphology
Etymology
Stripper as a tool comes from strip meaning 'to remove a covering' and the ending -er, so a wire stripper is the tool that removes the insulation to show the metal inside.