divider

[ dih-vahy-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that divides.
2. dividers, a pair of compasses, as used for dividing lines, measuring, etc.
3. a partition between two areas or dividing one area into two, as a piece of cardboard in a box or a bookcase jutting out from a wall.
4. room divider.
5. Mining. bunton.

divider

/ dɪˈvaɪdə /

noun

1. Also calledroom divider a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas
2. a person or thing that divides
3. electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given input

   a voltage divider

Other Words From

• predi·vider noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of divider¹

First recorded in 1520–30; divide + -er ¹

Example Sentences

She dodged again, offering something about Trump being divisive and Americans wanting a uniter, not a divider.

From Salon

I then watched the knucklehead plow into a wall on the shoulder, bolt from the car, run through traffic and leap over the center divider.

From Los Angeles Times

According to the California Highway Patrol, one trailing car didn’t brake in time and swerved into the center divider, heading right toward the man holding the cat.

From Los Angeles Times

There, a man who goes by Dr. Huang — wearing a plastic surgical glove and medical mask — sits at a small desk behind a protective divider.

From Los Angeles Times

The man pushed the woman onto the tracks and dragged her over the freeway divider and into a lane on the 210 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times

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