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单词 flattener
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flattenern.

Brit. /ˈflatn̩ə/, /ˈflatnə/, U.S. /ˈflætn̩ər/
Etymology: formed as flatten v. + -er suffix1.
One who flattens; something used for flattening.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who smooths, polishes, or flattens
polisher1552
rubber1611
flatter1714
flattener1741
French-polisher1825
planisher1858
society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > flattening
roll1410
rolling stone1611
planisher1858
flatter1874
flattener1875
1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) Flatter or Flattener. See Coining.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. vi. 329 There had followed a dryness between the divine Emilie and the Flattener of the Earth [i.e. Maupertuis, from his having proved the flattening of the earth at the poles].
1875 Plain Needle-work 14 An old tooth brush handle, which..might be called the ‘flattener’.
1879 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 661/2 The flattener, with a piece of charred wood, rubs it [the opened cylinder of glass] quite smooth.
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