eraser

[ ih-rey-ser ]

noun

1. a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
2. a person or thing that erases.

eraser

/ ɪˈreɪzə /

noun

1. an object, such as a piece of rubber or felt, used for erasing something written, typed, etc

   a pencil eraser

Word History and Origins

Origin of eraser¹

First recorded in 1780–90; erase + -er ¹

Example Sentences

In the same way that Cage composed music for “prepared pianos” — instruments with bolts, screws, mutes and rubber erasers placed on the strings to alter or silence the sound — Paik deliberately damaged and even gutted TVs.

From Washington Post

Sponge erasers are particularly good for touching up matte-finish tapes and getting into fine grooves in grips.

From Outside Online

To tap an unlikely source of nutrition, insects small enough to sit on a pencil eraser have to suck harder than any known creature.

From Science News

He picked up an eraser and wiped out decades of other people’s blood, sweat, and tears in so many areas.

From The Daily Beast

As an extra feature, the eraser cap has a lead selector that goes from HB to 4H, so you can easily identify what kind of lead is in your pencil.

From Popular-Science

Joel sank into the couch, smiling, while Ethan threw a balled-up eraser against the wall and laughed.

From The Daily Beast

The Wichita State Shocker, named WuShock, resembles a frayed yellow pencil eraser and/or Bart Simpson on meth.

From The Daily Beast

When he started to take it apart, he found a microphone the size of a pencil eraser drilled into its framework.

From The Daily Beast

Enter another eraser of the line between public and private: reality TV.

From The Daily Beast

A piece of rubber stuck on the tang end answers the double purpose of a protector and eraser.

From Project Gutenberg

A good knife eraser for ink can be made from a discarded or broken ruling pen.

From Project Gutenberg

A ball, eraser or some object is given each team on opposite side of the circle.

From Project Gutenberg

At school I gave away my scholar's-companion and my eraser and my pencils and pen-holders, and an old torn map, as keepsakes.

From Project Gutenberg

The drawing had been made with a hard pencil and the eraser had removed the lead, but a well-defined imprint remained.

From Project Gutenberg