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creper

creper noun: a machine for making rubber into crepes (rubber sheets).

Noun

creper (plural crepers)

  1. A machine for making rubber into crepes (rubber sheets).
    • For continuous slabs of coagula derived from the conventional tanks, these are best subjected to one pass through a creper and to a granulator or a creper-hammermill for size reduction.1973, Quarterly Journal - Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, page 172
    • It is common practice to mount a creper directly above the hammermill (creper hammermill) to reduce the power requirements.1985, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, page 697

Forms of creper

pluralcrepers
alternative formcrêper

Origin of creper

From crepe + -er.

Questions about creper

What does creper mean?
Creper means a machine for making rubber into crepes (rubber sheets).
What part of speech is creper?
Creper is a noun.
What is the plural of creper?
The plural of creper is crepers.

Words near creper in the dictionary

  1. crepehanger
  2. crepehangers
  3. crepehanging
  4. crepelike
  5. crepenynic acid
  6. creper
  7. creperie
  8. creperies
  9. crepers
  10. crepes
  11. crepes de Chine

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