SkyfireDict

trimmer   (TTS Sound)

The noun trimmer has 4 senses

• pruner, trimmer -- (a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe")


• trimmer -- (a machine that trims timber)


• trimmer, trimming capacitor -- (capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments)


• trimmer, trimmer joist -- (joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.)

The adj trim has 4 senses

• spare, trim -- (thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise")


• shipshape, trim, well-kept -- (of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat")


• clean-cut, trig, trim -- (neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard")


• tailored, trim -- (severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains")