grader
UK/ˈɡɹeɪdə//ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/
grader noun: a machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
Noun
grader (plural graders)
- A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
- The blade-grader is a long steel-framed carriage under which is fixed a steel blade capable of being tilted at various angles: its principal use is in trimming cutting-slopes.1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 262
- A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
- One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
- the graders of a school examination
- One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
- a first-grader
- The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to...2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Proper noun capitalized: Grader
Grader
- A surname.
grader meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
grader in Hindi
- ग्रेडर, श्रेणीकार
grader in Marathi
- ग्रेडर, श्रेणीकार
grader in Urdu
- گریڈر
grader in Bengali
- গ্রেডার
More languagesFewer languages
- grader in Telugu
- గ్రేడర్
- grader in Malayalam
- ഗ്രേഡർ, ഗ്രാഡർ
- grader in Kannada
- ಗ್ರೇಡರ್
- grader in Punjabi
- ਗਰੇਡਰ, ਗ੍ਰੇਡਰ, ਗਰੈਡਰ
- grader in Gujarati
- ગ્રેડર
- grader in Odia
- ଗ୍ରେଡର, ଗ୍ରେଡର୍
- grader in Nepali
- ग्रेडर, ग्र्याडर
Examples of grader in a sentence
- The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:10th grader.
- Next time you go out for a hamburger, ask your sixth grader to find the toponyms.
Forms of grader
| plural | graders |
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Origin of grader
From grade + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).
Words formed from grader
- 10th grader
- 11th grader
- 12th grader
- 13th grader
- 1st grader
- 2nd grader
- 3rd grader
- 4th grader
- 5th grader
- 6th grader
- 7th grader
- 8th grader
- 9th grader
- eighth grader
- eleventh grader
- fifth grader
- first grader
- fourth grader
- intergrader
- intragrader
- ninth grader
- reserve grader
- second grader
- seventh grader
- sixth grader
- tenth grader
- third-grader
- third grader
- thirteenth grader
- twelfth grader
Phrases with grader
Words that rhyme with grader
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Questions about grader
- What does grader mean?
- Grader means a machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
- What is grader in Hindi?
- Grader in Hindi is ग्रेडर, श्रेणीकार. See Grader meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grader?
- Grader can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce grader?
- Grader is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of grader?
- The plural of grader is graders.
Words near grader in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grader (page history and authors); Grader (page history and authors); grader (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grader (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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