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sinker Definition

sinker (-kər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that sinks
  2. a lead weight used in fishing
  3. Informal a doughnut
  4. Baseball a pitched ball that drops downward sharply as it reaches home plate

sinker Synonyms

sinker

n.

plummet, bob, plumb; see weight 2.

sinker Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • pit: The original sinkers of the pits ( about 40 in number ) had been lodged in one dwelling house, ' Y Lluest ' .

Adjective modifier

  • fast: A number 10 line weighs the same whether its a fast sinker or a floater.
  • net: The conical-shaped stones belong to the same period, and were used, it is thought, as net sinkers or loom weights.
  • lead: Lead poisoning continues to be a danger to swans as well as other waterfowl due to the ingestion of lead fishing sinkers.
  • Gemini: The Gemini sinker will be noticeably harder to push.

Modifies a noun

  • weight: Valeport also offer a range of streamlined lead or gun-metal sinker weights, from 7 to 90kg.

Noun used with modifier

  • die: I fussed and scraped with a combination of die sinkers flies and a surgical scalpel.
  • mine: A number of moored mine sinkers were also recovered.
  • egg: Each egg sinker is carefully designed to balance Fox pike floats.
  • master: Messrs. Emerson, Shields, and Wilkinson were master sinkers working under Mr. Coulson.

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