[syn: clothes hamper, laundry basket, clothes basket, voider]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Voider \Void"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, voids, ?mpties, vacates, or
annuls.
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2. A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that
which is voided or cleared away from a given place;
especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as
fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing
household articles, as clothes, etc.
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Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought
in the voider. --Decker.
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The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and
the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was
set upon the cupboard's head. --Hist. of
Richard
Hainam.
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3. A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a
table after a meal. [R.] --Decker.
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4. (Her.) One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but
less rounded and therefore smaller.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
voider
n 1: an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check
was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"
[syn: invalidator, voider, nullifier]
2: a person who defecates [syn: defecator, voider,
shitter]
3: a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor
plate [syn: voider, gusset]
4: a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes
to be dried [syn: clothes hamper, laundry basket,
clothes basket, voider]