Meaning & use
recharger
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Meaning
nouncountable
a device used to put electrical power back into a battery or a battery-powered item
Grammar: Countable: a recharger, two rechargers. Often used with 'for': a recharger for your phone.
Patterns
- a recharger for something
- a phone recharger
- a battery recharger
I left my phone recharger at home, so my battery is almost dead.
This recharger can refill four batteries at once.
She bought a portable recharger for her camera.
Word forms
| plural | rechargers |
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Common combinations
- phone recharger
- He always carries a phone recharger in his bag.
- battery recharger
- The battery recharger has a light that turns green when done.
- solar recharger
- A solar recharger is useful when you are camping.
Synonyms and how they differ
- charger
- This is the more common term and is often used for the same device, but it can also refer to a device that charges for the first time.
Word family
- recharge verb
- to put power back into a battery
- rechargeable adjective
- able to be recharged
Commonly confused: recharger or charger?
recharger vs charger
Charger is the more general word and can refer to any device that charges, while recharger specifically means a device that refills a battery.
Practice
My phone battery is dead. Do you have a _____ I can borrow?
Choose one answer.
Recharger is the noun for the device. Recharge is a verb; rechargeable is an adjective; charging is a verb form.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “recharger”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.