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eraser

[ih-rey-ser]

noun

  1. a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.

  2. a person or thing that erases.



eraser

/ ɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. an object, such as a piece of rubber or felt, used for erasing something written, typed, etc

    a pencil eraser

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of eraser1

First recorded in 1780–90; erase + -er 1
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I asked to borrow his eraser to remove the scuff marks from my paddle.

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Motivating them are perks like erasers, finger traps, melon and egg bars and waffle parties.

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One problem involved a basket of school supplies including erasers, notebooks and writing paper.

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This is why RNA-methylation needs to be tightly controlled, taken care of by a set of proteins: "writers" deposit, "readers" recognize and "erasers" remove the methyl group.

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When exposed to ultraviolet rays, the patch resets to a blank state, similar to erasing content from a sketchbook using an eraser.

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