maker
part of speech
noun (maker, makers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A maker is a person, company or machine that makes something, like a toy maker or a coffee maker. tree →
2) A maker is also a person who likes building and inventing things. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a person or machine that makes things at a rate (a toy maker makes 8 toys an hour): total = rate × time; two makers together make the sum of their rates. In design and technology: makers build, test and improve. Everyday life: an ice maker, a bread maker, a coffee maker. Phrases: toy maker, cake maker, film maker, peacemaker, troublemaker, decision maker.
examples
- A toy maker makes 8 toys an hour. tree →
- The ice maker makes 24 cubes each time. tree →
- Each cake maker bakes 5 cakes a day. tree →
- A coffee maker costs $40. tree →
- Dad turned on the coffee maker. tree →
- The violin maker carved the wood by hand. tree →
- A troublemaker is someone who causes trouble. tree →
- At the makers' fair children showed robots they built. tree →
- Vans was a giant, and a bottle-maker. tree →
note
Often joined to another word: troublemaker, peacemaker, filmmaker. Makers often come with a rate: total = rate × time. Trap: two makers together make the sum of their rates.
In the corpora
- Until the film makers announce it, who plays James Bond is only guessing by fans and betting sites.
- Ratings are decided by trained examiners who follow published rules, not by the film makers, and not by guessing.
- A royalty is money paid to music makers when their work is used.
- The cliff-jumping lemming myth was spread by a 1958 Disney film in which the film makers pushed lemmings over a cliff.
- Animal myths travel the same way, from storytellers to cartoon makers.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «maker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.