separator
An object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
Noun
- An object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
- When applying polish, always use toe separators to keep toes apart. - 1998, Elisa Ferri, Lisa Kenny, Dana Epstein, Style on Hand: Perfect Nail and Skin Care, page 44:
- A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
- One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.
- Death, the mystery, the great separator of friend from friend and loved one from loved one - 1979 December 8, Nancy Walker, “Remembering David Brill”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 15:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é Latin sē- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der. Latin parō Latin sēparō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin sēparātorbor. English separator Borrowed from Latin sēparātor.