shaper
English
/ˈʃeɪpə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- One who shapes.
- A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
- (surfing) A person who designs and builds surfboards.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shapper derived from Old English sċyppend suffix from English shape (form).
Origin
English
shape
Gloss
form
Kanji
体
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bandshape English
- beshape English
- eigenshape English
- eyeshape English
- foreshape English
- forshape English
- handshape English
- lineshape English
- misshape English
- outshape English
- overshape English
- preshape English
- reshape English
- shapable English
- shape English
- shape-shifter English
- shapechanger English
- shapechanging English
- shaped English
- shapefile English
- shapeless English
- shapelet English
- shapely English
- shapen English
- shapeshifter English
- shapest English
- shapester English
- shapeth English
- shapewear English
- shepster English
- subshape English
- supershape English
- transhape English
- transshape English
- unshape English
- wave English
- waveshape English
- waveshaper English
- Schöpfer German
- Schöpfergott German
- Wortschöpfer German
- schöpfen German
- kulturskapare Swedish
- skapa Swedish
- skapare Swedish
- sċyppend Old English
- shap Middle English
- shapper Middle English
- er Danish
- skabe Danish
- skaber Danish
- wave
- shape
- shaped
- shapen
- shapely
- beshape
- shapest
- unshape
- shapeth
- reshape
- outshape
- shepster
- preshape
- subshape
- misshape
- shapelet
- eyeshape
- shapable
- forshape
- shapewear
- foreshape
- shapefile
- waveshape
- shapester
- bandshape
- transhape
- lineshape
- overshape
- shapeless
- handshape
- transshape
- waveshaper
- eigenshape
- supershape
- shapeshifter
- shapechanger
- shape-shifter
- shapechanging