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# eraser

«eraser» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small piece of rubber or plastic used to remove pencil…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an eraser, erasers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small piece of rubber or plastic used to remove pencil marks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#m1)

2) A pad used to wipe a chalkboard or whiteboard clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school every pencil case has an eraser; in maths problems pupils buy pencils and erasers at prices to add up. Phrases: «a pencil with an eraser on the end», «a board eraser».

### examples

- Can I borrow your eraser? I made a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#x1)
- My pencil has an eraser on the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#x2)
- The teacher cleaned the whiteboard with the eraser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#x3)
- Erasers cost 50 cents each; 4 erasers cost $2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#x4)
- Rub gently with the eraser so you don't tear the paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#x5)
- I lost my eraser again! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/#x6)

### note

«An eraser» (vowel sound). In the US and Canada «eraser» is the usual word; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand people usually say «a rubber» for the pencil one. Verb: erase.

### In the corpora

- [une gomme ("GOMM") is a rubber or eraser; chewing gum is un chewing-gum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/20-in-the-classroom/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eraser» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eraser/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.