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lubricator

lubricator noun: a device that lubricates, that applies lubricant.

Noun

lubricator (plural lubricators)

  1. A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant.
    • The mystery of the dripping lubricators was also explained to him.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
    • Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186
  2. A person employed to lubricate.

lubricator meaning in Tamil

lubricator in Tamil

உயவிடுவான், உராய்வுநீக்குபொருள்

Forms of lubricator

plurallubricators

Origin of lubricator

From lubricate + -or.

Words formed from lubricator

Questions about lubricator

What does lubricator mean?
Lubricator means a device that lubricates, that applies lubricant.
What is lubricator in Tamil?
Lubricator in Tamil is உயவிடுவான், உராய்வுநீக்குபொருள். See Lubricator meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lubricator?
Lubricator is a noun.
What is the plural of lubricator?
The plural of lubricator is lubricators.

Words near lubricator in the dictionary

  1. lubrication payment
  2. lubrication payments
  3. lubricational
  4. lubrications
  5. lubricative
  6. lubricator
  7. lubricators
  8. lubricatory
  9. lubricin
  10. lubricins
  11. lubricious

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lubricator (page history and authors); lubricator (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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