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tasoitin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • grader noun A heavy construction machine used to level and smooth the ground.
  • leveller noun A person or thing that levels.
  • screed noun A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.

Senses

tasoitin is used for these senses in English:

  • grader One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
  • leveller A person or thing that levels.
  • screed A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.

grader — full definition

  1. noun A heavy construction machine used to level and smooth the ground.
  2. noun A person who assigns marks to schoolwork or exams.
  3. noun A student in a specified year of school (US usage), such as a fifth grader.

leveller — full definition

  1. noun A person or thing that levels.
  2. noun A device used to stabilize wobbly tables, chair legs, or other furniture.
  3. noun Something that transcends people’s differences (such as social class, wealth, etc.); something that tends to eliminate advantages and disadvantages.
  4. noun A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have-nots.

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