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reamer

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for reamer.

Editorial note

The important bit is still the reamer though, meaning the tool could properly be called a bung hole reamer.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A device for rendering citrus juice.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of reamer gathered in one view.

noun

A device for rendering citrus juice.

noun

A tool for boring a hole wider.

noun

A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for reamer.

noun

A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.

Example sentences

1

The important bit is still the reamer though, meaning the tool could properly be called a bung hole reamer.

2

There's an auger at the front to drill the hole, followed by the reamer to ream the taper.

3

Jennie Alexander has a great article on making your own tapered reamer[0] (which does sort of require a lathe), and Tim Manney has one on using your reamer to make a tapered tenon cutter[1].

4

I really like melting in threaded inserts if you need threads, otherwise use a drill bit or reamer.

5

However the biggest worry we had was the impact and fatigue strength of the rig, especially the reamer.

6

If you need to have a tight tolerance fit on something, expect to run a drill or chucking reamer through it after printing.

7

I went to rockler this morning to get a reamer because the only reamers at Woodcraft are for pen making.

8

I'm going to go a bit more low-tech than most, and say a simple wooden reamer.

9

What you do is drill a pilot hole down for the shaft, attach the reamer head, then literally pull the drill rig upwards to ream the hole.

10

The knife had a blade, reamer, can-opener, screwdriver, and grips made out of dark oak wood that was later partly replaced with ebony wood.

11

You may say I'm a D-reamer, but I'm not the only one...

12

I am not a lucid reamer nor to I take benzodiazepines, but I do occasionally have dreams that I suddenly realize are dreams and then wake up into another dream.

Quote examples

1

It's only when you find "Amazon's choice" of "3mm hand reamer" or whatever that it becomes obvious it's a scam.

2

For a quarter inch hilok, you'd first pilot drill a hole around 3/32" (#40 drill bit), then up drill it to.242 (C drill bit), then swap out to a.242 to.247 "reamer" and ream the hole to.247.

Proper noun examples

1

That makes me wonder if I could do so with my 1966 South Bend...but then I think I'd probably finish the cylinder bore with a cheap Chinese Reamer, which is not something he would have probably wanted to purchase for a one off operation.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use reamer in a sentence?

The important bit is still the reamer though, meaning the tool could properly be called a bung hole reamer.

What does reamer mean?

A device for rendering citrus juice.

What part of speech is reamer?

reamer is commonly used as noun.