Definitions for fullerˈfʊl ər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
full•erˈfʊl ər(n.)
a person who fulls cloth.
Category: Textiles
Origin of fuller:
bef. 1000; ME; OE fullere < L fullō fuller; see -er1
full•erˈfʊl ər(n.)
a hammer, semicircular in cross section, used for grooving and spreading iron.
Category: Metallurgy
a groove running along the flat of a sword blade.
Origin of fuller:
1810–20
full•erˈfʊl ər
Category: Common Vocabulary
Ref: comparative of full1. 1
Ful•lerˈfʊl ər(n.)
R(ichard) Buckminster, 1895–1983, U.S. engineer, designer, and architect.
Category: Biography
(Sarah) Margaret (Marchioness Ossoli), 1810–50, U.S. author and literary critic.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
Fuller, Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller(noun)
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
Fuller, Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller(noun)
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)
fuller(noun)
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
Wiktionary
Fuller(ProperNoun)
for a person who fulls cloth.
Origin: Origin unknown.
Webster Dictionary
Fuller(verb)
one whose occupation is to full cloth
Fuller(adj)
a die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser
Fuller(verb)
to form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet
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