crisper

English

Etymology

crisp + -er

Pronunciation

Adjective

crisper

  1. comparative form of crisp: more crisp

Noun

crisper (plural crispers)

  1. A cooled food storage container, used to cool items that do not require complete refrigeration.
  2. The section of a refrigerator used to store fruit and vegetables at a slightly higher temperature than the rest of the refrigerator.
  3. An instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth.
  4. (archaic) A device for crisping or curling the hair.
    • 1944, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 61, page 51:
      Now she had washed her hair and set it with those tin crispers to which her brother-in-law had objected, and rolled the ends on metal curlers.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crispāre. Cf. crêper, which may be an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

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Verb

crisper

  1. (of a muscle) to tense, to tense up

Conjugation

Further reading

Latin

Verb

crīsper

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of crīspō
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