Definition of adders Adders
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Wiktionary 
- adders (Noun)
Plural of adder.
Part of speech
🔤- adders, noun, plural of adder.
WordNet
NounPlural: adders |
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| adder - a machine that adds numbers | ||
| calculating machine, calculator a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations | ||
| adder - small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia | ||
| common viper, Vipera berus | ||
| viper venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw | ||
| adder - a person who adds numbers | ||
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Wiktionary
- adder (Noun)
A snake. - adder (Noun)
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper. - adder (Noun)
Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake. - adder (Noun)
The sea-stickleback or adder-fish. - adder (Noun)
Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers. - adder (Noun)
Something which adds or increases.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adder (n.)
One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers. - adder (n.)
A serpent. - adder (n.)
A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho. - adder (n.)
In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. - adder (n.)
Same as Sea Adder.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adder
ad′ėr, n. the popular English name of the viper.—ns. Ad′der's-tongue, a genus of ferns the seeds of which grow on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue; Ad′der's-wort, a wort or plant, so called from its being supposed to cure the bite of serpents—also called Snakeweed. [A.S. nædre; cf. Ger. atter for natter. An adder came by mistake into use for a nadder; the reverse mistake is a newt for an ewt or eft.]
Part of speech
🔤- adder, noun, singular of adders.
