US /kəmˈbaɪnɚ/ UK /kəmˈbaɪnə/
noun Freq #422827

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person or thing that joins separate elements to form a whole

    The designer is a skilled combiner of color and texture.

  2. 2
    noun

    a device or circuit that merges two or more signals or inputs

    The combiner sends both antenna signals through one cable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person or thing that... unifierintegrator
2 noun · a device or circuit that... couplermultiplexer
Opposites
separatordivider
Word family
Related forms combinecombination

Etymology

Formed in English from the verb combine and the agent suffix -er, denoting a person or device that brings things together. Combine comes through French from Late Latin combinare, “to join two by two.”

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