Search for crossword answers and clues
A trainer of athletes
Answer for the clue "A trainer of athletes ", 11 letters:
conditioner
Alternative clues for the word conditioner
Word definitions for conditioner in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "a bargainer," agent noun from condition (v.). Meaning "an agent that brings something into good condition" is from 1888; since c.1960 usually in reference to hair care products. For about 20 years before that, it often was short for air conditioner ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 anything that improves the condition of something 2 hair conditioner 3 fabric conditioner 4 someone who trains athletes 5 An agricultural machine that crimps and crushes newly cut hay to promote faster and more even drying.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
conditioner \conditioner\ n. exercise that conditions the body; as, farmwork can be a good conditioner. a trainer of athletes. a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A conditioner is something that improves the quality of another material. Conditioner may more specifically refer to: Conditioner (chemistry) Conditioner (farming) Air conditioner Fabric conditioner Hair conditioner Power conditioner The apparatus that ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES air conditioner COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN air ▪ An air conditioner to maintain normal room temperature is advisable. ▪ Bringing me glasses of cold nectar is what they would do, and cranking up the air conditioner ...
Usage examples of conditioner.
With a flip of a switch, the air conditioner roared to life, defogging the glass as he backed out of his spot and nosed out of the lot.
The men and women of Hopewell were closeted in their homes and offices with the air conditioners turned on high, going about the business of their lives with weary determination.
I tried to assign Buzz a motive as I drove down the road to his house, but I was as bereft of inspiration as I was of cool air from the pisspoor air conditioner.
Even with the air conditioner running, the summerlike sun had kept the inside of the car uncomfortably warm.
Always looking for air conditioners that might be handy to keep the place cool.
Radhakrishnan could see the louvered enclosures of large pieces of machinery mounted on the roof, probably air conditioners and electrical generators.
That way, for example, if an agency is looking for some replacement desks, or maybe a window air conditioner, they can come to the DRMO and see if we have one.
TANKS THREE AND six held fuel and generators and batteries and fuel cells and heaters and air conditioners.
Two large rooms connected by French doors, a bathroom hooked off the bedroom, a kitchen tacked onto the back of the living room, mesquite ramadas sheltering windows on all four sides against the fierce southern Arizona summer sun, with a swamp cooler on the roof instead of air conditioners.
He turned on the conditioner to cope with the rampant humidity, punched up some Bil Yi Somanzer from his music deck, then retreated back to his desk.
From left to right: a can of foam, a mug containing a lather brush, a straight razor in a plastic safety case, a dispenser full of razor blades, a styptic pencil, a bottle of skin conditioner, and a bottle of after-shave lotion.
He gestured for me to get in his car and then had the decency to turn up the air conditioner, aim all the vents at me, and offer no comments about the sticky wet blotches all over my shirt.
And there was a note on the table, held down against the air conditioner breeze by a Coors can.
She had turned off the air conditioner, and the odor of her Shalimar and musk was strong in the small room, but not unpleasantly so.
She started the engine and turned on the air conditioner, but didn't put the car in gear.