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.