singer

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun General-service

n. a famous brand of machine used for sewing clothes.

n. a sewing machine manufactured by the Singer Corporation, often used metonymically to refer to the device itself.

“My grandmother still uses her old Singer to mend her dresses.”

“The workshop was filled with the rhythmic humming of several vintage Singers being used to repair heavy canvas sails.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Technology Technical

n. a person or a machine that lightly burns the surface of something, like fabric.

n. an agent or mechanical device employed to singe the surface of a material, such as removing stray fibres from cloth.

“The factory used a mechanical singer to smooth the surface of the cotton.”

“In traditional textile manufacturing, the singer plays a crucial role in preparing the fabric for the dyeing process by removing surface fuzz.”