macerator
/ˈmæsəˌɹeɪtɚ/noun
macerator is a noun meaning “A machine that reduces solids to small pieces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-C-E-R-A-T-O-R, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of macerator is macerators.
What does macerator mean?
noun
- 1
A machine that reduces solids to small pieces.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce macerator?
- US /ˈmæsəˌɹeɪtɚ/
- UK /ˈmæsəˌɹeɪtə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of macerator
- macerators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is macerator?
Macerator appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Macerator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a machine that reduces solids to small pieces:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | broyeur |
| German | Zerkleinerer |
| Portuguese | macerador, triturador |
| Spanish | trituradora |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does macerator come from?
From macerate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).