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# maker

noun (maker, makers)

«maker» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A maker is a person, company or machine that makes something, like a toy maker or a coffee maker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#m1)
2. A maker is also a person who likes building and inventing things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x1)
- The ice maker makes 24 cubes each time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x2)
- Each cake maker bakes 5 cakes a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x3)
- A coffee maker costs $40. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x4)
- Dad turned on the coffee maker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x5)
- The violin maker carved the wood by hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x6)
- A troublemaker is someone who causes trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x7)
- At the makers' fair children showed robots they built. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x8)
- Vans was a giant, and a bottle-maker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/#x9)

### 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 Jewish tradition

It is a title of God as the one who made heaven and earth.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as saying that God alone is the source of all things, and Sefer Yetzirah speaks of the Maker and His Creators.

### Examples

- And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth; (Torah GEN.14.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maker/#x1)
- And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, (Torah GEN.14.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maker/#x2)
- Make a thing stand in assembly before its Creators; return the Maker to His Site. \[1:5\] Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH—Their measure is ten; they have no edge. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maker/#x3)
- Shall a man be pure before his Maker? (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maker/#x4)
- But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night; (Writings JOB.35.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maker/#x5)
- I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. (Writings JOB.36.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maker/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «maker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«maker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maker.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «maker» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«maker» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/maker.html) on Mova free.