HyperDic: stoker

English > 3 senses of the word Stoker / stoker:
NOUNperson Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham StokerIrish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
person stoker, firemana laborer who tends fires / fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
artifactstokera mechanical device for stoking a furnace
Stoker / stoker > pronunciation
Soundsstow'ker
Rhymesacre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker...
English > Stoker: 3 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningIrish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912).
SynonymsBram Stoker, Abraham Stoker
Instance ofwriter, authorWrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
SpanishAbraham Stoker, Bram Stoker
CatalanBram Stoker
English > stoker: 3 senses > noun 2, person
MeaningA laborer who tends fires / fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship).
Synonymfireman
Broaderlaborer, manual laborer, labourer, jacksomeone who works with their hands
Spanishfogonero
Catalanfogainer, fogoner
Verbsstokestir up or tend
English > stoker: 3 senses > noun 3, artifact
MeaningA mechanical device for stoking a furnace.
Broadermechanical devicemechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
Verbsstokestir up or tend

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