separator
noun
sep·a·ra·tor
| \ ˈse-pə-ˌrā-tər
, ˈse-ˌprā-tər\
, ˈse-ˌprā-tər\
Definition of separator
: one that separates
especially
: a device for separating liquids of different specific gravities (such as cream from milk) or liquids from solids
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Synonyms for separator
Synonyms
divider, division, partition, separation
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Examples of separator in a Sentence
the toddler insisted on a dinner plate with separators so that different foods would never touch one another
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In years previous, the trade deadline has served as a kind of separator, or at least an inflection point. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "Biggest Questions Remaining After the MLB Trade Deadline," 1 Aug. 2019 But tech is the newest recruiting tool in Division I, the latest separator between haves and have-nots. — Pat Borzi, New York Times, "‘If You Don’t Have It, You’re Behind’: College Baseball’s Tech Arms Race," 25 June 2019 Meanwhile, Dahl’s ninth longball of the season was the separator while Gray and the Colorado bullpen took care of the rest in a 2-0 win over San Francisco. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "Rockies use clutch start by Jon Gray, David Dahl’s long ball to beat Giants in series opener," 24 June 2019 Pneumatic separators and filter screens pop lightweight materials in the air as heavy ones fall to separate belts below. — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al.com, "Montgomery bet $31 million on future of recycling and its ‘magic garbage machine’," 17 June 2019 Massimo Pigliucci, a philosopher at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, pointed out that falsifiability is woefully inadequate as a separator of science and nonscience, as Popper himself recognized. — Quanta Magazine, "A Fight for the Soul of Science," 16 Dec. 2015 When collecting platelets for a transfusion, a donor's blood is drawn into an apheresis cell separator machine, which extracts platelets and returns the rest of the blood into the donor, according to the American Red Cross. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "CDC investigates after 4 patients got sepsis from contaminated platelet transfusions," 13 June 2019 Weather’s makeup proved another separator as the Padres’ lined up their board. — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Ryan Weathers bringing big league pedigree to Padres organization," 4 June 2018 Their playoff push last year, securing a first-round bye after the worst start in franchise history, is the biggest separator from a Toronto club that couldn’t answer the MLS bell after nearly winning the CONCACAF Champions League final over Chivas. — Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times, "A rivalry of champions once again has Sounders and Toronto FC on a collision course," 12 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'separator.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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separator
noun
English Language Learners Definition of separator
: someone or something that separates two or more things from each other
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separator
noun
sep·a·ra·tor
| \ ˈsep-(ə-)ˌrāt-ər
\
\
Medical Definition of separator
: one that separates: as
a
: a device for separating liquids of different specific gravities (as cream from milk) or liquids from solids
b
: a dental appliance for separating adjoining teeth to give access to their surfaces