grader

English

A road grader.

Etymology

From grade +‎ -er (agent noun suffix) or +‎ -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪdə/
• Rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

grader (plural graders)

1. A machine used in road maintenance and construction for leveling large surfaces.

   Synonyms: motor grader, road grader

   • 1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:

     The blade-grader is a long steel-framed carriage under which is fixed a steel blade capable of being tilted at various angles: its principal use is in trimming cutting-slopes.

2. A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
3. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.

   the graders of a school examination

4. (in combination) One who belongs to a certain grade at school.

   a first-grader

Derived terms

• 10th grader
• 11th grader
• 12th grader
• 13th grader
• 1st grader
• 2nd grader
• 3rd grader
• 4th grader
• 5th grader
• 6th grader
• 7th grader
• 8th grader
• 9th grader
• eighth grader
• eleventh grader
• fifth grader
• first grader
• fourth grader
• ninth grader
• reserve grader
• second grader
• seventh grader
• sixth grader
• tenth grader
• third-grader
• third grader
• thirteenth grader
• twelfth grader

 

Translations

machine

• Catalan: anivelladora f
• Danish: vejhøvl c
• Estonian: teehöövel (et)
• Finnish: tiehöylä (fi), tiekarhu (fi), maantiekarhu
• French: niveleuse (fr) f
• German: Strassenhobel m
• Italian: livellatrice f
• Korean: 모터그레이더 (moteogeureideo)
• Navajo: chidí bee naʼalzhoodí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (road grader) veiskrape m or f

• Polish: równiarka f
• Portuguese: niveladora f
• Russian: гре́йдер (ru) m (gréjdɛr)
• Spanish: motoniveladora f
• Swedish: väghyvel (sv) c
• Turkish: greyder (tr)

one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated

• Finnish: arvostelija (fi), arvioija (fi), lajittelija (fi), luokittelija, tasoittaja, huolittelija (person, depending on which sense of "grade" is concerned); tasoitin (leveling tool)
• French: correcteur (fr) m
• Portuguese: corretor (pt)

one who belongs to a certain grade at school

• Finnish: -luokkalainen
• Italian: studente (it) m
• Russian: -кла́ссник m (-klássnik), -кла́ссница f (-klássnica)

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} masina de nivelat f, ^{(please verify)} buldozer (ro), ^{(please verify)} gradat (ro)

Anagrams

• Drager, Gerard, red rag, redrag, regard

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grader m

1. indefinite plural of grad

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grader f

1. plural indefinite of grad

Swedish

Noun

grader

1. indefinite plural of grad

Anagrams

• drager