eraser

Thân thiện

A student uses a pink eraser to correct a mistake in her notebook.

Definition

Noun: 1. A small handheld tool, typically made of rubber or a similar material, used to remove marks made by pencil, chalk, or, in some cases, ink from a surface. It functions by abrasion, lifting or rubbing away the marking substance.

Usage

An "eraser" is used to correct mistakes or remove unwanted marks, primarily on paper. It is a common stationery item. - Always have a pencil and an eraser ready for the test. - She carefully used the eraser to remove the stray pencil line.

Advanced Usage

• Conceptual Eraser: The term can be used metaphorically to describe something that removes or eliminates.
  • Time is often called the great eraser of painful memories.
• Specific Types: The word can be specified by the material or the marks it removes.
  • a kneaded eraser for charcoal sketches
  • an ink eraser (though less common)

Variants and Related Words

• Erase (verb): To remove writing, marks, or recorded material.
  • Please erase the whiteboard after class.
• Erasable (adjective): Capable of being erased.
  • This is an erasable pen.

Synonyms

• Rubber (Chiefly British English)
• Pencil eraser
• Correction tool

Related Phrases/Idioms

• A clean slate/erase the slate: To start over, forgetting past mistakes. While not using the word "eraser" directly, it employs the related verb "erase" in an idiomatic sense.
  • After the argument, they decided to erase the slate and begin again.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an implement used to erase something