eraser
UK /ɪˈɹeɪzə/ · US /ɪˈɹeɪsɚ/ noun
Forms erasers
- noun One who erases.
- noun (Canada, US, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil. “I have worn out the eraser on this pencil.”
- noun (Canada, US, Philippines) An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
- noun (computing) An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.
Synonyms
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “eraser”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details