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Definition of "adaptor" []

  • Variant of adapter. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "adaptor" in a sentence
  • "The adaptor is cheap and gives you a super retro-macro lens."
  • "Well, just make an adaptor from the “universal charger” to iPhone."
  • "A related annoyance comes in the US, where the relatively small size of power outlets means that what looks like a double outlet on the wall often works out to be a single in practice once the adaptor is in place."