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reamer

ream·er/ˈɹi.məɹ/noun, verb

reamer is a noun meaning “A tool for boring a hole wider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-A-M-E-R and has 2 syllables (ream·er), and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of reamer is reamers.

What does reamer mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A tool for boring a hole wider.

  2. 2

    A device for rendering citrus juice.

  3. 3

    A tool used to scrape carbon deposit from the bowl of a pipe.

  4. 4

    A Stone Age prehistoric lithic stone tool, used in archeology nomenclature.

  5. 5

    One who reams.

verb

  1. 1

    To use a reamer on something; to clear out something using a reamer.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce reamer?

  • US /ˈɹi.məɹ/

Reamer has 2 syllables, split ream·er in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reamer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of reamer

  • reamers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • reamering participle, present
  • reamered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is reamer?

Reamer appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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).

Reamer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchalésoir (tool for boring), presse-citron (cooking appliance), grattoir (pipe tool)
GermanReibahle, Räumahle, Räumer (tool for boring)
Spanishescariador, troquel (tool for boring), exprimidor (cooking appliance)

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 reamer come from?

From ream + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).