shaper
[
shey
-per]
/ˈʃeɪ pər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that
shapes
.
2.
a machine tool for forming flat surfaces, consisting of a frame, usually horizontal, on which the work is held while a cutting tool moves along it with a reciprocating motion.
Compare
planer
(def 2).
3.
(in woodworking) a stationary power tool driving a vertical spindle to which cutters are locked, used in joinery and for forming decorative edges.
Origin
1250-1300;
Middle English;
see
shape
,
-er
1
Examples from the web for
shaper
The evolution of languages is a destroyer of information, the breaker of old legends, and the
shaper
of new myths.