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noun

ejector

a device that pushes or throws something out of a machine

In a sentence

Six example sentences with ejector, each labelled with its topic.

  • Each ejector pin in the die pushes the cooled phone case free, and a worn pin leaves a small round scar on the plastic.

    Technology

  • The patent case turned on the ejector that flicks each finished cap out of the press, a part both firms claimed as theirs.

    Law

  • Test pilots in the late 1940s distrusted the new ejector seat until a colleague's survival after a mid-air failure changed their minds.

    History

  • The spy's car has an ejector seat, and the film's best laugh comes when the wrong person is sitting in it.

    Movies

  • The ice maker's ejector arm sweeps each frozen batch into the bin, and a stuck arm is why the tray overflows.

    Cooking

  • Every lab pipette has a tip ejector button, so used tips drop into the waste without touching a hand.

    Science

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