separator
noun/ˈsɛpəreɪtər/
Frequency rank: #13,977 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a device or barrier that keeps things divided or apart from each other.
Example sentence
The chef placed the separator between the egg yolk and the white to keep them apart.
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