leveler

Plurallevelers

1. 1
   making flatnouncountable

   A person or thing that makes something flat or even.

   The washing machine has a leveler on each foot to stop it from shaking.

   The workers pulled a big leveler across the dirt to get it ready for grass.

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2. 2
   makes all equalnouncountable

   Something that makes everyone equal, whether they are rich or poor, strong or weak.

   The flu is a great leveler: it makes the boss as sick as everyone else.

   At our school, the uniform is a leveler between rich and poor kids.

   Similarequalizer

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3. 3
   equality campaignernouncountable

   A person who wants to end the big gap between rich and poor people.

   His grandfather was a leveler who wanted the rich to share with the poor.

   The landowners were afraid the levelers would take their farms.

   Similaregalitarian

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4. 4
   tying goalnounUKcountable

   A goal or point that makes the score even in a game.

   Our team scored a late leveler to make it 2–2.

   The fans jumped up and cheered when the leveler went in.

   Similarequalizer

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5. 5
   more evenadjective

   Comparative form of level. Use this to say one thing is more level than another.

   After we sanded the floor, it was much leveler than before.

   The new table sits leveler on this rug than the old one did.

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