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noun

eraser

an implement used to erase something

In a sentence

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

  • A kneaded eraser lifts graphite off the page without leaving the crumbs a rubber one scatters across the drawing.

    Art

  • Retouchers once worked with a soft eraser on the print itself, gently lightening a shadow under someone's eye.

    Photography

  • Their first product was a whiteboard eraser with a sensor inside, which sounded silly until schools ordered forty thousand.

    Startups

  • The eraser tool in the drawing app removes only the layer you have selected, which confuses every new user.

    Technology

  • Before the rubber eraser was sold in 1770, writers rubbed out pencil marks with a piece of stale bread.

    History

  • Draftsmen used a thin steel shield with the eraser so a single wrong line could be removed without touching the rest.

    Architecture

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