1. a person or thing that gathers or collects something over time
2. a rechargeable battery that stores electrical energy
Usage: technical
3. a register in a computer that stores the results of arithmetic operations
Usage: computing

Examples

• He was a great accumulator of rare books throughout his lifetime.
• The car’s accumulator needed to be replaced after five years of use.
• The calculator’s accumulator stored the running total of the calculations.
• She placed an accumulator bet on four different horse races.
• The company acted as an accumulator of small debts from various sources.
• The solar panel system included a large accumulator to store energy.
• The processor’s accumulator held the intermediate results during computation.