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pinpointer

pinpointer noun: one who or that which pinpoints.

Noun

pinpointer (plural pinpointers)

  1. One who or that which pinpoints.
  2. A type of hand-held metal detector.
    • Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.[2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of pinpointer

pluralpinpointers

Origin of pinpointer

From pinpoint + -er.

Questions about pinpointer

What does pinpointer mean?
Pinpointer means one who or that which pinpoints.
What part of speech is pinpointer?
Pinpointer is a noun.
What is the plural of pinpointer?
The plural of pinpointer is pinpointers.

Words near pinpointer in the dictionary

  1. pinpatches
  2. pinpoint
  3. pinpointable
  4. pinpointed
  5. pinpointedly
  6. pinpointer
  7. pinpointers
  8. pinpointing
  9. pinpoints
  10. pinprick
  11. pinpricked

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