splitter — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person or a thing that splits.

2. A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.

3. A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.

4. A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.

   Usage

   • Colloquial

   Narrower terms

   species-monger

5. A split-finger fastball.

6. A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

7. A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.

   Usage

   • US usage

8. One who splits hairs in argument, etc.

9. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.

10. A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle that bisects the perimeter of the triangle.

Noun

1. a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

   Broader terms

   worker

2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

   Synonyms

   divider

   Antonyms

   lumper

   Broader terms

   taxonomisttaxonomersystematist

3. a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences

   Synonyms

   rail-splitter

   Broader terms

   laborermanual laborerlabourerjack