skimmer

English Thesaurus

1. gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	coastal diving bird,
definition	:	gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus rynchops, rynchops,
definition	:	type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers (noun.animal)

2. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	chapeau, hat, lid,
definition	:	headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim (noun.artifact)

3. a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cooking utensil, cookware,
definition	:	a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking (noun.artifact)

4. a rapid superficial reader (noun.person)

hypernym	:	reader,
definition	:	a person who can read; a literate person (noun.person)

5. a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cream, cream off, skim, skim off,
definition	:	remove from the surface (verb.contact)

6. a rapid superficial reader (noun.person)

derivation	:	skim, skim over,
definition	:	read superficially (verb.cognition)

7. a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cream, cream off, skim, skim off,
definition	:	remove from the surface (verb.contact)

8. a rapid superficial reader (noun.person)

derivation	:	skim, skim over,
definition	:	read superficially (verb.cognition)