eraser
/ɪˈɹeɪzə/US/ɪˈɹeɪsɚ/
eraser noun: one who erases.
Noun
eraser (plural erasers)
- One who erases.
- An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
- I have worn out the eraser on this pencil.
- Synonyms:
- rubber, india rubber, bungee
- 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.
- An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.
eraser meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eraser in Hindi
- thing used to erase something written or drawn
- रबड़ rabaṛ, रबर rabar, खुरचनी khuracnī
eraser in Tamil
- thing used to erase something written or drawn
- ரப்பர் rappar
eraser in Marathi
- thing used to erase something written or drawn
- खोडरबर khoḍarbar, रबर rabar
eraser in Urdu
- thing used to erase something written or drawn
- رَبَڑ rabaṛ, کُھرَچْنی khuracnī
More languagesFewer languages
- eraser in Bengali
- রবার robar, গাম gam
- eraser in Malayalam
- ഇറേസർ iṟēsaṟ, റബ്ബർ ṟabbaṟ
- eraser in Gujarati
- છેકણી chekṇī
- eraser in Pashto
- پنسل پاک pensel pāk
- eraser in Tagalog
- pambura, pamahi
- eraser in Arabic
- مِمْحَاة mimḥāh, مَسَّاحَة massāḥa, مَحَّايَة maḥḥāya, أَسْتِيكَة ʔastīka
- eraser in Malay
- pemadam, getah pemadam
- eraser in Indonesian
- penghapus, penghapus papan tulis
- eraser in Thai
- ยางลบ yaang-lóp
- eraser in Vietnamese
- cái tẩy, cục gôm, tẩy chì
- eraser in Myanmar
- ခဲဖျက် hkai:hpyak, ဖော့ဖျက် hpau.hpyak
Examples of eraser in a sentence
- Can I borrow an eraser? — Sorry pal, I haven't got one.
- I wore down the eraser of my pencil and now it's eraserless.
- Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction.
Synonyms of eraser
Forms of eraser
| plural | erasers |
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Origin of eraser
From erase + -er.
Words formed from eraser
Phrases with eraser
Words that rhyme with eraser
Questions about eraser
- What does eraser mean?
- Eraser means one who erases.
- What is eraser in Hindi?
- Eraser in Hindi is रबड़ (rabaṛ), रबर (rabar), खुरचनी (khuracnī). See Eraser meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eraser?
- Eraser is a noun.
- How do you pronounce eraser?
- Eraser is pronounced /ɪˈɹeɪzə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of eraser?
- The plural of eraser is erasers.
Words near eraser in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: eraser (page history and authors); ഇറേസർ (Malayalam) (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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