1. a person or machine that warps threads or yarn in textile manufacturing
Usage: textile industry
2. something that causes distortion or bending

Examples

• The warper carefully arranged the threads on the loom.
• She worked as a warper in the textile mill for twenty years.
• The new warper machine increased production efficiency.
• Heat can act as a warper, bending metal out of shape.
• The warper prepared hundreds of threads for weaving.
• Moisture is a common warper of wooden furniture.