splitter

Meaning

Noun

• A person or a thing that splits.
• A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
• A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
• A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
• A split-finger fastball.
• A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
• A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
• One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
• A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.

Related

Similar words

• sash

Opposite words

• lumper

Origin

• split + -er