Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who throws something: Someone who propels an object through the air with a motion of the arm or hand.
   • A craftsman who shapes pottery: An artisan who forms clay vessels on a rotating wheel.
   • A person who twists filaments: A worker who spins silk or rayon threads.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The baseball team recruited a new thrower with a powerful arm.
  • The potter is a skilled thrower, creating beautiful vases on her wheel.
  • In the textile mill, the thrower expertly twisted the silk into fine yarn.

Advanced Usage

• "A stone's thrower": (Archaic/poetic) Someone positioned a very short distance away.
  • The cottage stood within a stone's thrower of the lake.

Variants and Related Words

• Throw (verb): To propel something through the air.
• Potter (noun): A general term for a person who makes pottery; a thrower is a specific type of potter.
• Spinner (noun): A person or machine that spins fibers into thread; a close synonym for the textile meaning of thrower.

Synonyms

• Pitcher: (Baseball) A player who throws the ball to the batter.
• Hurler: Someone who throws with force.
• Potter: A maker of ceramic ware.
• Spinster: (Archaic) A woman who spins thread.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: 'Thrower' is a noun derived from the verb 'throw'. The phrasal verbs listed are for the base verb.) - Throw away: To discard. - He is a thrower who never hesitates to throw away old clothes. - Throw up: To vomit. - The motion made the passenger feel like a thrower about to throw up.

Related Idioms

(Note: These idioms use the verb 'throw', not the noun 'thrower' directly.) - Throw in the towel: To give up or admit defeat. - Even the most determined thrower had to throw in the towel. - Throw caution to the wind: To act recklessly. - The young thrower decided to throw caution to the wind and attempt the difficult technique.

Noun

1. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
2. someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
3. a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn