Meaning

18 senses
  1. One who grinds something, such as the teeth.

    scissors grinder (one who sharpens scissors)

  2. A molar.

  3. (slang)Any tooth.

  4. Any of various machines or devices that grind things, such as by grinding them down or grinding them up.

    Any of various power tools with a spinning abrasive disc, used for smoothing, shaping, or deburring materials, usually metal.

  5. A grinding machine: any of various machine tools for grinding (either heavy or light grinding, but precise either way).

    Schleifmaschine

  6. Any of various pieces of heavy equipment for grinding.

  7. (Northern US)A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.

    I am going to the deli to get a grinder for lunch.

    a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

  8. A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.

    (Northern US, Pennsylvania)In particular, a submarine sandwich (hoagie) that is toasted or baked and typically does not contain lettuce.

  9. A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces.

    Mühle

  10. The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder.

  11. (slang)A fan or performer of grindcore music.

  12. (slang)A biohacker who uses cybernetic implants or biochemicals to enhance or change their own body.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. I want a new pepper grinder.

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  2. Do you have an angle grinder?

    ruУ тебя есть болгарка? — marafon

  3. Karl put his hand inside the meat grinder.

  4. Yanni needs this grinder to remove scratches from his windshield.

  5. Tom ground the coffee beans with an old coffee grinder.

    deTom mahlte die Kaffeebohnen mit einer alten Kaffeemühle. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
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By meaning 2
tool:
kitchen gadget:

Origin

From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grind

From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er.

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Forms

plural: grinders
Singulargrinder
Pluralgrinders

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
sandwich:sub
Close in meaning

Word family

23 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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