eraser

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eraser

Two erasers (2).

An eraser at the end of a pencil (2).

Etymology

From erase +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#ERASER.

Noun

eraser (plural erasers)Category:English lemmas#ERASER Category:English nouns#ERASER Category:English countable nouns#ERASER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ERASER Category:Pages with entries#ERASER Category:Pages with 1 entry#ERASER

One who erases.
(Canada, US Category:Canadian English#ERASER Category:American English#ERASER, Philippines Category:Philippine English#ERASER) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
Synonyms: (UK, Australia, NZ, India, Brunei) rubber, (UK) india rubber, (UK) bungee

I have worn out the eraser on this pencil.Category:English terms with usage examples#ERASER
(Canada, US Category:Canadian English#ERASER Category:American English#ERASER, Philippines Category:Philippine English#ERASER) An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
(computing Category:en:Computing#ERASER) An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.

Derived terms

Translations

thing used to erase something written or drawn

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Afrikaans: uitveër (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#ERASER
Albanian: gomë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#ERASER, llastik (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#ERASER
Altai:
Southern Altai: ӧчӱргиш (öčürgiš)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#ERASER
Amharic: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Amharic#ERASER
Arabic: مِمْحَاة f (mimḥāh)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ERASER, مَسَّاحَة f (massāḥa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ERASER, مَحَّايَة f (maḥḥāya)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ERASER, أَسْتِيكَة f (ʔastīka)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ERASER
Hijazi Arabic: مَسَّاحَة f (massāḥa)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#ERASER, مَحَّاية f (maḥḥāya)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#ERASER

Moroccan Arabic: ممحة f (mimḥa)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#ERASER
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܝܘܿܦܬܵܐ f (šāyōptā)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#ERASER
Armenian: ռետին (hy) (ṙetin)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ERASER
Assamese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Assamese#ERASER
Azerbaijani: pozan (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ERASER
Bashkir: юйғыс (yuyğıs)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#ERASER
Basque: ezabagomaCategory:Terms with Basque translations#ERASER
Belarusian: гу́мка f (húmka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#ERASER, ла́сцік m (láscik)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#ERASER
Bengali: রবার (bn) (robar)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#ERASER, গাম (gam)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#ERASER
Bulgarian: гу́ма за трие́не f (gúma za triéne)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ERASER, гу́ма f (gúma)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ERASER, гу́мичка f (gúmička)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ERASER
Burmese: ခဲဖျက် (my) (hkai:hpyak)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#ERASER, ဖော့ဖျက် (my) (hpau.hpyak)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#ERASER
Catalan: goma (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ERASER, goma d'esborrar (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ERASER
Chinese:
Cantonese: 擦膠 / 擦胶 (caat³ gaau¹)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#ERASER, 膠擦 / 胶擦 (yue) (gaau¹ caat³)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#ERASER, 擦紙膠 / 擦纸胶 (caat³ zi² gaau¹)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#ERASER

Mandarin: 橡皮 (zh) (xiàngpí)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ERASER, 橡皮擦子 (xiàngpí cāzi)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ERASER, 橡皮擦 (zh) (xiàngpícā)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ERASER
Czech: guma (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ERASER (for lead), zmizík mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ERASER (for ink)
Danish: viskelæder (da) nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#ERASER
Dutch: gom (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#ERASER, gum (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#ERASER
Elfdalian: sudd mCategory:Terms with Elfdalian translations#ERASER, gnuk nCategory:Terms with Elfdalian translations#ERASER
Esperanto: skrapgumoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ERASER
Estonian: kustutuskummCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ERASER, kustukummCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ERASER
Faroese: viskileður nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#ERASER, viskuleður nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#ERASER
Finnish: pyyhekumi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ERASER, kumi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ERASER
French: gomme (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#ERASER, effaceur (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ERASER, (Quebec) efface (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#ERASER
Gagauz: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Gagauz#ERASER
Galician: goma (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#ERASER
Georgian: საშლელი (sašleli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#ERASER
German: Radiergummi (de) m or nCategory:Terms with German translations#ERASER, (colloquial) Radierer (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#ERASER, (colloquial) Gummi (de) m or nCategory:Terms with German translations#ERASER
Greek: γομολάστιχα (el) f (gomolásticha)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ERASER
Greenlandic: piiaatCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#ERASER
Gujarati: છેકણી (chekṇī)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#ERASER
Hebrew: מַחַק (he) m (mákhak)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#ERASER
Hindi: रबड़ (hi) m (rabaṛ)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#ERASER, रबर (hi) m (rabar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#ERASER, खुरचनी (hi) f (khuracnī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#ERASER
Hungarian: radír (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ERASER, radírgumi (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ERASER, gumi (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ERASER (slang)
Icelandic: strokleður (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#ERASER
Ido: efaciloCategory:Terms with Ido translations#ERASER
Indonesian: penghapus (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#ERASER
Irish: scriosán mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ERASER
Italian: gomma (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ERASER
Japanese: 消しゴム (ja) (けしゴム, keshigomu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ERASER
Kabuverdianu: buraxaCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#ERASER
Kalmyk: биллүр (billür)Category:Terms with Kalmyk translations#ERASER
Kapampangan: pangburaCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#ERASER
Kazakh: өшіргіш (öşırgış)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#ERASER
Khmer: ជ័រលុប (cɔə lup)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#ERASER
Korean: 지우개 (ko) (jiugae)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ERASER
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: jêbir (ku) mCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#ERASER
Kyrgyz: өчүргүч (ky) (öcürgüc)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#ERASER
Lao: ຢາງລຶບ (lo) (yāng lưp)Category:Terms with Lao translations#ERASER, ແປງລຶບກະດານ (pǣng lưp ka dān)Category:Terms with Lao translations#ERASER
Latvian: dzēšgumija fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#ERASER
Lithuanian: trintukas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#ERASER
Luxembourgish: Gummi (lb) nCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#ERASER
Macedonian: гума (mk) f (guma)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ERASER
Malay: pemadam (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#ERASER, getah pemadamCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ERASER
Maltese: gomma fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#ERASER
Māori: mukuCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ERASER
Marathi: खोडरबर m (khoḍarbar)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#ERASER, रबर m (rabar)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#ERASER
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: баллуур (mn) (balluur)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#ERASER
Navajo: bee kʼééʼálchxǫǫhíCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#ERASER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: viskelær nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ERASER

Nynorsk: viskelêr nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#ERASER
Pashto: پنسل پاک m (pensel pāk)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#ERASER
Persian:
Dari: پِنْسِل‌پَاک (pinsil-pāk)Category:Terms with Dari translations#ERASER Category:Terms with Persian translations#ERASER

Iranian Persian: پاک‌کُن (pâk-kon)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#ERASER Category:Terms with Persian translations#ERASER, مِدادْپاک‌کُن (medâdpâk-kon)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#ERASER Category:Terms with Persian translations#ERASER
Polish: gumka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ERASER
Portuguese: borracha (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ERASER, safa fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ERASER
Quechua: qillqa pichanaCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#ERASER
Rohingya: búzoniCategory:Terms with Rohingya translations#ERASER
Romanian: radieră (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ERASER, gumă de șters fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ERASER
Romansh: gumma fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#ERASER
Russian: рези́нка (ru) f (rezínka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ERASER, ла́стик (ru) m (lástik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ERASER, стёрка f (stjórka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ERASER, стира́тельная рези́нка (ru) f (stirátelʹnaja rezínka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ERASER, стира́лка (ru) f (stirálka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ERASER, стира́шка (ru) f (stiráška)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ERASER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гу̏мица fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ERASER

Latin: gȕmica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ERASER
Slovak: guma (sk) fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ERASER
Slovene: radirka (sl)Category:Terms with Slovene translations#ERASER
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: drapak mCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#ERASER
Spanish: borrador (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ERASER, goma de borrar fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ERASER (Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Southeastern Mexico, Venezuela), borra (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ERASER (Venezuela, colloquial)
Swahili: kifutio (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#ERASER
Swedish: suddgummi (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ERASER, radergummi (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ERASER, sudd (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ERASER
Sylheti: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Sylheti#ERASER
Tagalog: pamburaCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#ERASER, pamahiCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#ERASER
Tajik: хаткуркунак (xatkurkunak)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#ERASER, хаткӯркунак (xatkürkunak)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#ERASER
Tamil: ரப்பர் (rappar)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#ERASER
Thai: ยางลบ (th) (yaang-lóp)Category:Terms with Thai translations#ERASER
Tigrinya: መደምሰስ (mädämsäs)Category:Terms with Tigrinya translations#ERASER
Turkish: silgi (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ERASER
Turkmen: bozguç (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#ERASER
Ukrainian: гу́мка f (húmka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ERASER, ґу́мка f (gúmka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ERASER
Urdu: رَبَڑ m (rabaṛ)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#ERASER, کُھرَچْنی f (khuracnī)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#ERASER
Uyghur: سۈرتكۈچ (sürtküch)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#ERASER, ئۆچۈرگۈچ (öchürgüch)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#ERASER
Uzbek: oʻchirgʻich (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#ERASER, oʻchirgich (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#ERASER, lastik (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#ERASER
Vietnamese: cái tẩy (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#ERASER, cục gôm (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#ERASER, tẩy chìCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#ERASER
Volapük: radagumotCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#ERASER
Welsh: rwber (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#ERASER
Yami: ipangongopasCategory:Terms with Yami translations#ERASER
Yiddish: מעקער m (meker)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#ERASER, גומקע f (gumke)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#ERASER

chalkboard eraser

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Arabic: مِمْحَاة f (mimḥāh)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ERASER
Bashkir: юйғыс (yuyğıs)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#ERASER
Bulgarian: гъ́ба за дъска́ (bg) f (gǎ́ba za dǎská)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ERASER, гъ́ба (bg) f (gǎ́ba)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ERASER
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑板擦 (zh) (hēibǎncā)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ERASER, 板擦 (zh) (bǎncā)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ERASER
Danish: tavlesvamp cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#ERASER
Esperanto: tabulviŝiloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ERASER, viŝiloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ERASER, tabulspongoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ERASER, spongoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ERASER, tabultukoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ERASER
Finnish: taulusieni (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ERASER
French: brosse à tableau fCategory:Terms with French translations#ERASER, gomme (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#ERASER
Galician: borrador mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#ERASER
German: Tafelschwamm mCategory:Terms with German translations#ERASER
Gujarati: છેકણી (chekṇī)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#ERASER
Hungarian: táblatörlőCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#ERASER
Ido: efaciloCategory:Terms with Ido translations#ERASER
Indonesian: penghapus papan tulisCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#ERASER
Italian: cancellino (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ERASER
Japanese: 黒板消し (ja) (こくばんけし, kokubankeshi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ERASER, 黒板拭き (こくばんふき, kokubanfuki)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ERASER
Māori: muku papatuhituhiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ERASER
Portuguese: apagador mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ERASER
Romanian: burete (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ERASER
Russian: тря́пка (ru) f (trjápka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ERASER
Spanish: borrador (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ERASER
Swedish: tavelsudd (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ERASER
Turkish: tahta silgisiCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#ERASER
Ottoman Turkish: منجل (mincel)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#ERASER

overwriter program

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Bulgarian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Bulgarian#ERASER
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Mandarin#ERASER
Finnish: pyyhintäohjelmaCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#ERASER
Russian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Russian#ERASER

Anagrams

Reaser, rarees, searer, serrae

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