converter

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=vert=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

converter, n. 

•  One who converts; one who makes converts.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

converter, n. (also convertor)
1 a person or thing that converts.
2 Electr. a an electrical apparatus for the interconversion of alternating current and direct current. b Electronics an apparatus for converting a signal from one frequency to another.
3 a reaction vessel used in making steel.

Idiom

converter reactor a nuclear reactor that converts fertile material into fissile material.