erector
pronunciation
How to pronounce erector in British English:
UK [ɪ'rektə]
How to pronounce erector in American English:
US [ɪ'rektə]
Word Origin
- erector (n.)
- 1530s, "one who builds," agent noun in Latin form from erect (v.). In reference to muscles from 1831. The children's buildig kit Erector (commonly known as an Erector set) was sold from 1913.
Example
- 1. My parent 's couldn 't afford an erector set . So I decided to play with the one god gave me .
- 2. The visitors were very lucky to have met the erector of the monument .
- 3. He 's as comfortable talking about how to solve the world 's energy problems as he is describing a childhood filled with erector sets and homemade rockets .
- 4. The complete rocket and capsule are assembled horizontally in the hangar while attached to the transporter erector device seen attached to the left of the rocket .
- 5. The vehicle under examination is a transporter erector launcher , or tel , that can carry , elevate to launch position and fire a missile .