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REMOVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who works for a company that moves furniture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("remover" is a kind of...):

mover (workman employed by a moving company)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface)

Example:

hair remover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("remover" is a kind of...):

dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)

Derivation:

remove (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

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