collector

[US]/kə'lektə/
[UK]/kə'lɛktɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. one who collects; one who gathers

Phrases & Collocations

antique collector

stamp collector

coin collector

art collector

dust collector

solar collector

garbage collector

data collector

tax collector

current collector

ticket collector

collector ring

gas collector

collector current

Example Sentences

a solar energy collector; a dust collector.

The rent collector is pressing for payment again.

he became a discriminating collector and patron of the arts.

one of the foremost art collectors of his day.

a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint .

a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls.

tax collectors bushwhacked by moonshiners;

It’ll be difficult to get past the ticket collector without paying.

collectors whose budgets tend to top out at about $50,000.

Collectors with more money than sense pay thousands of pounds for these spoons.

He is an outstanding walnut fondler, collector, and appraiser.

a discriminating collector of rare books; a dish for the discriminating palate.

What will you do if the debt collector comes down on you?

the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum.

Knowing furniture collectors bought American antiques before the prices soared.

Furthermore, the crystal structure, surface characters of quartz and clinochlore, and the solution chemistry of oleic acid as the anionic collector were analyzed.

A new collector BK307 for lepidolite flotation is investigated andcompared with mixed amine.

It overcomes a series of problems in transmission of tranditional strainometer and collector ring.

Real-world Examples

Maybe it's time we forgive tax collectors, too.

Source: Popular Science Essays

It must have cost that collector a small fortune to purchase this.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

I didn't want to be a trash collector anymore.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

My Lass of the Summer's Eve collector's item!

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

Silva is a former rubber collector, or tapper, from Acre state.

Source: VOA Special English: World

But the guy was a stamp collector and I knew that.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

We have rainwater collectors, which provide with 40,000 liters of water.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

'It may interest a collector of stories to frighten children, ' said Holmes.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

I mean, I have to go to Brussels and meet a collector.

Source: Emily in Paris Season 1

My grandmother, who was a big part of my childhood, was a collector.

Source: Jennifer American English Pronunciation and Intonation Class

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