adapter

(noun)

noun

1. a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

Similar word(s): arranger, transcriber

Definition categories: person, musician

2. device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

Similar word(s): adaptor

Definition categories: man–made, device

Sentences with adapter as a noun:

- He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.

- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.

- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.

- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.

- We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.