say it: di-VAHY-dur
divider is a noun meaning "a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics". It carries 4 recorded senses.
a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
a person who separates something into parts or groups
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for divider come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.