Noun scanner has 4 senses
- scanner - someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
--1 is a kind of reviewer, referee, reader
- scanner, digital scanner, image scanner - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
--2 is a kind of electronic device; data input device, input device
- scanner - a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
--3 is a kind of dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer
- scanner, electronic scanner - a radio receiver that that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for for some signal or condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels"
--4 is a kind of detector
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