converter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
    convertor.

WordNet


Con*vert"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who converts; one who makes converts.
  2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

Webster 1913