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dialer

UK/ˈdaɪələ(ɹ)/US/ˈdaɪ(ə)lɚ/

dialer noun: a person or device that dials, as using a telephone.

Noun

dialer (plural dialers)

  1. A person or device that dials, as using a telephone.
    • He treated his assistant as a voice-operated dialer.
  2. A mining surveyor.
    • […] let the dialler, with the same instrument he uses underground, run a north and south line on the surface, in any convenient part of the sett, marking the extremities by well-fixed points, […]1857, The Mining Magazine, page 128
    Synonyms:
    latcher

Synonyms of dialer

Forms of dialer

pluraldialers
alternative formdialler

Origin of dialer

From dial + -er.

Words formed from dialer

Questions about dialer

What does dialer mean?
Dialer means a person or device that dials, as using a telephone.
What part of speech is dialer?
Dialer is a noun.
How do you pronounce dialer?
Dialer is pronounced /ˈdaɪələ(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of dialer?
The plural of dialer is dialers.

Words near dialer in the dictionary

  1. dialed it in
  2. dialed out
  3. dialed up
  4. dialefe
  5. dialefes
  6. dialer
  7. dialers
  8. dialetheia
  9. dialetheias
  10. dialetheic
  11. dialetheism

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