Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

tester

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) tester (noun)
  2. 2) tester (noun)
  3. 3) tester (noun)
  4. tester bed (noun)
  5. bed tester (noun)
  6. center tester (noun)
  7. half tester bed (noun)
  8. linen tester (noun)
  9. stop tester (noun)
  10. Mullen Tester (trademark)
  11. beta test (noun)

1tes·ter

noun \ˈtēs-tər, ˈtes-\

Definition of TESTER

: the canopy over a bed, pulpit, or altar

Origin of TESTER

Middle English, headboard of a bed, canopy, from Anglo-French, from teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin, shell
First Known Use: 14th century

Learn More About TESTER

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: tester bed
Previous Word in the Dictionary: testee
All Words Near: tester

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up tester? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).