ALL meanings of stringer
string·er
S s - noun stringer a person or thing that strings. 1
- noun stringer a long horizontal timber connecting upright posts. 1
- noun stringer Architecture. string (def 15b). 1
- noun stringer Civil Engineering. a longitudinal bridge girder for supporting part of a deck or railroad track between bents or piers. 1
- noun stringer a longitudinal reinforcement in the fuselage or wing of an airplane. 1
- noun stringer Also called string correspondent. Journalism. a part-time newspaper correspondent covering a local area for a paper published elsewhere: The Los Angeles paper has a correspondent in San Francisco but only a stringer in Seattle. Compare staffer (def 2). 1
- noun stringer a stout string, rope, etc., strung through the gills and mouth of newly caught fish, so that they may be carried or put back in the water to keep them alive or fresh. 1
- noun stringer a contestant, player, or other person ranked according to skill or accomplishment (used in combination): Most of the conductors at the opera house were third-stringers. 1
- noun stringer Mining. a small vein or seam of ore, coal, etc. 1
- noun stringer news journalist 1
- noun stringer engineering: support structure 1
- countable noun stringer A stringer is a journalist who is employed part-time by a newspaper or news service in order to report on a particular area. 0
- noun stringer a long horizontal beam that is used for structural purposes 0
- noun stringer a longitudinal structural brace for strengthening the hull of a vessel 0
- noun stringer a journalist retained by a newspaper or news service on a part-time basis to cover a particular town or area 0
- noun stringer a person or thing that strings 0
- noun stringer a long piece of timber used as a support 0
- noun stringer a horizontal timber connecting upright posts in a frame 0
- abbreviation STRINGER stringpiece 0
- noun stringer a long, lightweight structural member of an airplane fuselage, rocket, etc. 0
- noun stringer a string or metal line with clips on which caught fish are strung 0
- noun stringer a person serving as a part-time, local correspondent for a newspaper, magazine, etc. 0
- noun stringer a person ranked according to ability 0