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Definition of Reamer
1. Noun. A squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit.
2. Noun. A drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes.
Definition of Reamer
1. n. One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.
Definition of Reamer
1. Noun. A tool for boring a hole wider. ¹
2. Noun. A device for rendering citrus juice. ¹
3. Noun. A Stone Age prehistoric lithic Stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reamer
1. a tool used to enlarge holes [n -S]
Medical Definition of Reamer
1. A rotating finishing or drilling tool used to shape or enlarge a hole. Origin: A.S. Ryman, to widen (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reamer
Literary usage of Reamer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1919)
"To prevent chattering, reamer teeth or blades are spaced progressively wider as
... The point of a hand reamer is slightly tapered a distance equal to its ..."
2. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"Cross-section of Hand reamer Chucking reamers for gray iron and bronze have ...
3 shows a chucking reamer for reaming steel. In these reamers the blades are ..."
3. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"16 is a cross-section of a hand reamer. Two clearance lines, and B, ...
Chucking reamer Blade for Gray Iron and Bronze Chucking reamers for gray iron and ..."
4. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"The straightening should be performed by slightly warming the reamer and laying it
... The object of dipping the tool endwise is to prevent the reamer from ..."
5. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"reamer.—A tool having fluted sides with cutting edges used for enlarging holes.
... Air reamer.—A reaming machine operated by compressed air. ..."
6. Tools, Chucks and Fixtures: A Comprehensive and Detailed Treatise Covering by Albert Atkins Dowd (1915)
"At first glance nothing is more simple than a reamer holder which is so made as
to permit the reamer to float in any direction. Yet, if this is so simple, ..."
7. Hardening, Tempering, Annealing and Forging of Steel: A Treatise on the by Joseph Vincent Woodworth (1902)
"The roughing reamer should be preceded by a single pointed boring tool (or its
... This can be done by having a "floating" reamer with a pin entered through ..."
8. Modern Toolmaking Methods: A Treatise Om Precision Dividing and Locating by Franklin Day Jones (1915)
"It is the opinion of experienced reamer makers, however, that these advantages
do not outweigh the disadvantages resulting from this method and that when ..."
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