"lubricator" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flange lubricator"
    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "lubricate + -or",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lubricators",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "lubricator (plural lubricators)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951 March, “British Railways Standard \"Britannia\" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186",
          "text": "Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Rail and flange lubrication”, in Modern Railways, page 372",
          "text": "The uniformity of the wheel diameters of diesel and electric locomotives and m.u. trains impairs the spreading of grease from one point fed by the lubricator and the growing traffic of m.u. trains and railcars has increased the need for lubrication and for check rails in certain places. The newer types of rail lubricator apply the grease at four or five points spaced so that the entire wheel flange is greased and even distribution ensured; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant."
      ],
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          "lubricate",
          "lubricate"
        ],
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          "lubricant",
          "lubricant"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "masljonka",
          "sense": "device that lubricates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "масльонка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device that lubricates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lubrifiant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device that lubricates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "unsoare"
        }
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person employed to lubricate."
      ],
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  "word": "lubricator"
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    "English terms suffixed with -or"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "flange lubricator"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "lubricate",
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      },
      "expansion": "lubricate + -or",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "lubricate + -or",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lubricators",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "lubricator (plural lubricators)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951 March, “British Railways Standard \"Britannia\" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186",
          "text": "Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Rail and flange lubrication”, in Modern Railways, page 372",
          "text": "The uniformity of the wheel diameters of diesel and electric locomotives and m.u. trains impairs the spreading of grease from one point fed by the lubricator and the growing traffic of m.u. trains and railcars has increased the need for lubrication and for check rails in certain places. The newer types of rail lubricator apply the grease at four or five points spaced so that the entire wheel flange is greased and even distribution ensured; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lubricate",
          "lubricate"
        ],
        [
          "lubricant",
          "lubricant"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A person employed to lubricate."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "masljonka",
      "sense": "device that lubricates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "масльонка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device that lubricates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lubrifiant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device that lubricates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unsoare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lubricator"
}