English noun: adapter | |||
1. | adapter (person) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | ||
Synonyms | arranger, transcriber | ||
Broader (hypernym) | musician | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | orchestrator | ||
2. | adapter (artifact) device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible | ||
Synonyms | adaptor | ||
Broader (hypernym) | device | ||