tuner

Everyday

1. A tuner is a device that helps you tune a musical instrument by showing whether a note is too high, too low or just right. tree →
2. A tuner is the part of a radio or TV that picks up a chosen station or channel. tree →
3. A tuner is a person whose job is tuning instruments, especially pianos. tree →

In the lessons

In music lessons pupils use a clip-on tuner or an app before playing guitar, violin or ukulele. In science lessons about sound and waves, a radio tuner picks a frequency. In everyday life, a piano tuner visits to fix the sound of a piano.

Examples

• Clip the tuner onto your guitar before you start. tree →
• The tuner showed my string was too low. tree →
• The piano tuner came to fix our old piano. tree →
• Turn the radio tuner to find the music station. tree →
• My violin teacher uses a tuner app on her phone. tree →
• A tuner helps you get each string exactly right. tree →

Note

Countable. From the verb «tune» + «-r». Do not confuse with «tuna», the fish, which sounds similar.