Site Map | FAQ

• Editor's Favorites
  • Black History Month
  • 2010 Winter Olympics
  • Valentine's Day
  • Profile of Haiti
  • 2010 Calendar
  • Holidays in America
  • Most Populous Countries
  • H1N1 Overview
  • Countries of the World
  • Top 50 U.S. Cities
  • Color Psychology
  • Most Popular Names
  • The Fifty States

Dictionary

col•lec•tor

Pronunciation: (ku-lek'tur), [key]
—n.
1. a person or thing that collects.
2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., esp. as a hobby.
4. Elect.a device for accumulating current from contact conductors.
5. Electronics.an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
6. Metall.promoter (def. 5).
7. Energy.See solar collector.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

collectivize

collector's item

• • Cite
  • Print
  • Email
  • Bookmark
    • Add bookmark
    • Add to del.icio.us
    • Digg It!
    • Add to Reddit

Related Content Daily Word Quiz: antediluvian Analogy of the Day: Today's Analogy Spelling Bee: Today's Spelling Bee Kids' Word Quiz: tactful Crossword: Crossword Puzzle Guide Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language

Find definitions for: