maker
mak‧er /ˈmeɪkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑make, ↑remake, ↑maker, ↑making; verb: ↑make, ↑remake; adjective: ↑unmade]
1. a person or company that makes a particular type of goods
car/film/shoe etc maker
a quality furniture maker
a leading Japanese computer maker
maker of
The makers of the car claim that it uses up to 50% less fuel than other similar cars.
2. a machine or piece of equipment that makes something
coffee/pasta etc maker
Grind the beans to suit your coffee maker.
3. decision maker/policy maker/peacemaker etc someone who does something or makes something happen:
Who’s the decision maker in this department?
health care administrators and policy makers ⇨ ↑troublemaker, ↑holidaymaker
4. meet your maker informal to die – used humorously
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THESAURUS
▪ maker a company or person whose business is to make things to be sold, either by hand or using machines: the country’s largest car maker | We got a cabinet maker (=someone who makes furniture from wood) to redo our kitchen for us.
▪ producer a company or country that makes large quantities of something to be sold - often used about raw materials such as oil, coffee, or steel: OPEC is an organization of 13 major oil producers. | Gold producers' shares went up by 50%.
▪ manufacturer a company that makes things in large quantities, especially in a factory: Clothing manufacturers have been feeling the effects of the recession. | a plane manufacturer
▪ shipbuilder/boatbuilder a person or company that makes ships or boats: a Japanese shipbuilder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | He started out as a boatbuilder.
makerhu| ◎ | ['meikə] | | ※ | danh từ | | | ■ | người chế tạo, hãng/nhà máy chế tạo | | | ■ | người làm, người sáng tạo, người tạo ra | | | ■ | (Maker) Đấng sáng tạo; Chúa trời | | | 〆 | to meet one's Maker | | | ✓ | từ trần; chầu trời |
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