Associations to the word «Converter»

Wiktionary

CONVERTER, noun. A person or thing that converts.
CONVERTER, noun. A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

Dictionary definition

CONVERTER, noun. A device for changing one substance or form or state into another.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats