especially: a device (such as a piece of rubber or a felt pad) used to erase marks (as of ink or chalk)
Examples of eraser in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebMicroplastics are fragments of plastic that are smaller than five millimeters long, the diameter of a standard pencil eraser.—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024 Like most Away bags, this suitcase comes with a leather luggage tag and a scuff eraser for buffing out exterior nicks.—Ashlea Halpern, wsj.com, 21 Oct. 2023 The gene editing tool acts like a pencil and an eraser.—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023 And there’s even that little red eraser ball cursor from back in the day for nostalgics.—Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023 Dry, bready, and studded with tannic walnuts, these would make better chalkboard erasers than snacks.—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2024 The Glow Recipe Blueberry Bounce Gentle Cleanser has three products in one: a makeup eraser, a cleanser, and a clarifying mask.—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 12 Jan. 2024 Even habitat loss, the most thorough eraser of wildlife, is a road problem.—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023 Other options include rubbing the scratch with a pencil eraser or car wax in order to fill it in.—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
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