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Etymology

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macerate +‎ -er

Noun

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macerater (plural maceraters)

  1. One who, or that which, macerates.
  2. An apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
    Synonym: macerator

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for macerater”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)