divider
noun /dɪˈvaɪdə(r)/
/dɪˈvaɪdər/
- [countable] a thing that divides something
- a room divider (= a screen or door that divides a room into two parts)
- dividers[plural] an instrument made of two long thin metal parts joined together at the top, used for measuring lines and angles
- a pair of dividers
- an issue on which people disagree
- On the Labour side, the big divider was still nuclear weapons.