maker

Everyday

1. A maker is a person, company or machine that makes something, like a toy maker or a coffee maker. tree →
2. A maker is also a person who likes building and inventing things. tree →

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 →
• The ice maker makes 24 cubes each time. tree →
• Each cake maker bakes 5 cakes a day. tree →
• A coffee maker costs $40. tree →
• Dad turned on the coffee maker. tree →
• The violin maker carved the wood by hand. tree →
• A troublemaker is someone who causes trouble. tree →
• At the makers' fair children showed robots they built. tree →
• Vans was a giant, and a bottle-maker. tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• Shall a man be pure before his Maker? (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night; (Writings JOB.35.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. (Writings JOB.36.3, JPS 1917) tree →

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.