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doubler

doubler noun: one who doubles.

Noun (1)

doubler (plural doublers)

  1. One who doubles.
  2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
  3. (structural engineering) A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
    • The mechanics fastened a doubler over the hole where the cracked section of the plane's skin had been cut out.
    • The airworthiness directive called for riveting a reinforcing doubler to the wing midspar web to keep the spar from buckling under flight loads.
  4. Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
  5. (calico printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
  6. A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
  7. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
  8. A diaper insert.
    Synonyms:
    diaper doubler

Noun (2)

doubler (plural doublers)

  1. (US, dialectal) A tenement house having two families on each floor.
  2. (colloquial) A biplane aeroplane or kite.

doubler meaning in Tamil

doubler in Tamil

இரட்டிப்பான், இரட்டிப்பி, இரட்டையாக்கி

Synonyms of doubler

Forms of doubler

pluraldoublers

Origin of doubler

From double (verb) + -er.

From double (adjective) + -er.

Words formed from doubler

Phrases with doubler

Questions about doubler

What does doubler mean?
Doubler means one who doubles.
What is doubler in Tamil?
Doubler in Tamil is இரட்டிப்பான், இரட்டிப்பி, இரட்டையாக்கி. See Doubler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is doubler?
Doubler is a noun.
What is the plural of doubler?
The plural of doubler is doublers.

Words near doubler in the dictionary

  1. doubleplus-
  2. doubleplusgood
  3. doubleplusungood
  4. doublequote
  5. doublequotes
  6. doubler
  7. doublers
  8. doubles
  9. doubles back
  10. doubles down
  11. doubles entendres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doubler (page history and authors); doubler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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