WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
shap•er
(shā′pər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that shapes.
- a machine tool for forming flat surfaces, consisting of a frame, usually horizontal, on which the work is held while a cutting tool moves along it with a reciprocating motion. Cf. planer (def. 2).
- Mechanical Engineering, Building(in woodworking) a stationary power tool driving a vertical spindle to which cutters are locked, used in joinery and for forming decorative edges.
- 1250–1300; Middle English; see shape, -er1
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