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graders

graders is the plural of grader.

Meaning of grader

Noun

grader (plural graders)

  1. 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
  2. A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
  3. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
    • the graders of a school examination
  4. (in-compounds) One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
    • a first-grader

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Phrases with graders

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Questions about graders

What is graders the plural of?
Graders is the plural of grader.

Words near graders in the dictionary

  1. gradelines
  2. gradely
  3. Graden
  4. Gradens
  5. grader
  6. graders
  7. grades
  8. grades on a curve
  9. gradeschool
  10. gradeschooler
  11. gradeschoolers

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