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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sizer

Sizer \Siz"er\, n.

  1. See Sizar.

  2. (Mech.)

    1. An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.

    2. An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sizer

"device for measuring sizes," 1670s, agent noun from size (v.).

Wiktionary
sizer

n. 1 An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size. 2 An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size. 3 (alternative form of sizar English)

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Sizer

Sizer may refer to:

  • Sizer Barker, an indie band from Liverpool, England
  • Ted Sizer (1932–2009), founder of the Essential school movement
  • Stephen Sizer (born 1953), English author on Judeo-Christian topics
  • Mount Sizer, a prominent peak located on Blue Ridge in Henry W. Coe State Park in California
  • Crusher, equipment to break and reduce the size of rocks, coals, overburden or other minerals

Usage examples of "sizer".

Not a little one but a full sizer, the kind they sell at the checkout stands at Food Emporium.

Parker here, if you want to, but better ask Randolph too, and maybe one of the girls--Sue Sizer, or somebody.

Roncesvalles, which lies between the defiles of Sizer and Val Carlos, in the land of the Basques.