scanner   (TTS Sound)

The noun scanner has 4 senses

• scanner -- (someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables)


• scanner, digital scanner, image scanner -- (an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer)


• scanner -- (a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area)


• scanner, electronic scanner -- (a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels")