mak ‧ er /ˈmeɪkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ make , ↑ remake , ↑ maker , ↑ making ; verb : ↑ make , ↑ remake ; adjective : ↑ unmade ]
1 . a person or company that makes a particular type of goods
car/film/shoe etc maker
a quality furniture maker
a leading Japanese computer maker
maker of
The makers of the car claim that it uses up to 50% less fuel than other similar cars.
2 . a machine or piece of equipment that makes something
coffee/pasta etc maker
Grind the beans to suit your coffee maker.
3 . decision maker/policy maker/peacemaker etc someone who does something or makes something happen:
Who’s the decision maker in this department?
health care administrators and policy makers
⇨ ↑ troublemaker , ↑ holidaymaker
4 . meet your maker informal to die – used humorously
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THESAURUS
▪ maker a company or person whose business is to make things to be sold, either by hand or using machines:
the country’s largest car maker
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We got a cabinet maker (=someone who makes furniture from wood) to redo our kitchen for us.
▪ producer a company or country that makes large quantities of something to be sold - often used about raw materials such as oil, coffee, or steel:
OPEC is an organization of 13 major oil producers.
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Gold producers' shares went up by 50%.
▪ manufacturer a company that makes things in large quantities, especially in a factory:
Clothing manufacturers have been feeling the effects of the recession.
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a plane manufacturer
▪ shipbuilder/boatbuilder a person or company that makes ships or boats:
a Japanese shipbuilder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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He started out as a boatbuilder.