noun
turner
TUR-nuh
noun
1
A person who shapes wood or other material on a lathe.
"The turner carved an elegant chair leg from a block of oak."
2
A flat kitchen tool used for flipping food while cooking.
"She used a turner to flip the pancakes without breaking them."
How to Use Turner
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who works a lathe to shape wood or metal, or, in the kitchen, the flat spatula used to flip food.
Common pairings
wood turner
spatula turner
Word Forms
turners plural, turners plural, turners plural
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Etymology
From Middle English turner or Old French torneour, meaning "one who fashions something by turning" — related to "turn" plus the agent suffix "-er."