turner
1
6.3
- noun
- /ˈtɜrnər/
- Specialized
:
tornero
- A compost turner is then used to mix it and begin the aerobic composting process.
Examples
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Every private site but one that composts in windrows uses a turner.
Academic text (1999) -
Food residuals are incorporated immediately into the pile with a windrow turner.
Academic text (1997) -
Say, I think if I remember, you have a wood turner up there.
Fiction book (2000) -
For an operator who is short on time and wants consistency, a turner is needed.
Academic text (1995) -
However, weekly turning with a compost turner produced a quality product with a practical management approach for farm use.
Academic text (1995) -
Following construction of the windrow, an Aeromaster turner was leased and the row was taken to full completion in about ten weeks.
Academic text (2001) -
Federal funding paid for the purchase of a windrow turner, tractor, grinder, and chipper.
Academic text (1997) -
The city also composts yard trimmings outside in windrows that are aerated with a Wildcat turner.
Academic text (1995) -
The most commonly used equipment at composting facilities includes front-end loaders, screens, temperature probes, grinders, windrow turners, chippers, and shredders.
Academic text (1999) -
The skilled turner shaped the wooden bowl smoothly on the lathe.
Synonyms
18
4.9
A skilled person who operates and repairs machines to make metal parts
4
3.9
A person who makes or repairs things from wood
A person who shapes wood on a machine that spins it to make bowls or furniture parts
Compounds
- Informal
2
5.6
A person or thing that looks very attractive and makes people turn to look
A flat tool with a wide blade for flipping pancakes and lifting other food while cooking
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Turner comes from turn ('to rotate') and the ending -er, meaning 'one who turns', and long ago it named the craft worker who turns wood or metal on a spinning tool. That's why a turner today is someone who shapes materials by turning them.