rammer
rammer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 34 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically: (a) An instrument for driving anything force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity. (b) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod. (c) (Founding) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- beadle
- bung
- cerberus
- cork
- cover
- doorkeeper
- dossil
- janitor
- ostiary
- padding
- peg
- piston
- pledget
- plug
- porter
- ram
- ramrod
- slide
- spigot
- spike
- spill
- stop-gap
- stopcock
- stopper
- stopping
- stopple
- stuffing
- tap
- tompion
- tourniquet
- valve
- vent
- wadding
- warder
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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