erec·tor
i-ˈrek-tər 
—used for a metal toy construction set
Examples of erector in a Sentence
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Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Kim Jong Un, center, with his daughter visits a factory that produces transport erector launchers in North Korea.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
Morrow is the owner of Morrow Steel, based in Tampa Bay, and in business for 51 years as a unionized steel erector.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
In his free time, Calleia built Meccano erector set models and made models of military equipment, bridges and machinery.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
These are, most specifically, the muscles of your upper and mid-back (traps and lats), erector spinae, glutes, and hamstrings.
—Men's Health, 11 July 2023
Isn’t that the dream of every kid whose owned an erector set?
—Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
One's lower back muscles are comprised of extensor muscles, flexor muscles and oblique muscles, and include the muscle mass known as the erector spinae − the muscle group that helps hold up one's spine and glute muscles.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
Another shot of the incident shows other military equipment rolling past the burning vehicle, including another Bumerang, a TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher vehicle, and a transporter erector launcher (TEL) for a Topol-M or Yars intercontinental ballistic missile.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2020
Noun
Bird dog The bird dog (thought to be named after the pointing position of hunting dogs) works your posterior kinetic chain muscles: the erector spinae, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, upper back and shoulders, hamstrings, calves and glutes.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Kim Jong Un, center, with his daughter visits a factory that produces transport erector launchers in North Korea.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
Morrow is the owner of Morrow Steel, based in Tampa Bay, and in business for 51 years as a unionized steel erector.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
In his free time, Calleia built Meccano erector set models and made models of military equipment, bridges and machinery.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
These are, most specifically, the muscles of your upper and mid-back (traps and lats), erector spinae, glutes, and hamstrings.
—Men's Health, 11 July 2023
Isn’t that the dream of every kid whose owned an erector set?
—Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
One's lower back muscles are comprised of extensor muscles, flexor muscles and oblique muscles, and include the muscle mass known as the erector spinae − the muscle group that helps hold up one's spine and glute muscles.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
Another shot of the incident shows other military equipment rolling past the burning vehicle, including another Bumerang, a TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher vehicle, and a transporter erector launcher (TEL) for a Topol-M or Yars intercontinental ballistic missile.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2020
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erector
noun
erec·tor
i-ˈrek-tər
: a muscle that raises or keeps a part erect
called also arrector
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