grinder

grind·er  (grndr)

n.

1. One that grinds, especially:

a. One who sharpens cutting edges.

b. A mechanical device that grinds: a meat grinder.

2. A molar.

3. grinders Informal The teeth.

4. New England & Sacramento See submarine. See Regional Note at submarine.

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grinder [ˈgraɪndə]

n

1. (Engineering / Tools) a person who grinds, esp one who grinds cutting tools

2. (Engineering / Tools) a machine for grinding

3. (Medicine / Dentistry) a molar tooth

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grinder - 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 hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
	2.	grinder - grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars molar tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense wisdom tooth - any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)
	3.	grinder - machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing milling machinery, mill cider mill - mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider coffee grinder, coffee mill - a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans flour mill - a mill for grinding grain into flour gristmill - a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) machinery - machines or machine systems collectively meat grinder - a mill for grinding meat pepper grinder, pepper mill - a mill for grinding pepper quern - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand spicemill - a mill for grinding spices tread-wheel, treadwheel, treadmill - a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps water mill - a mill powered by a water wheel windmill - a mill that is powered by the wind
	4.	grinder - a machine tool that polishes metal emery wheel, grinding wheel - a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding machine tool - a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials

Translations

grinder [ˈgraɪndəʳ] N

1. (= machine) (for coffee) → molinillo m (US) (for meat) → picadora f de carne

2. (for sharpening) → afiladora f

3. (= person) → molendero/a m/f (Tech) → amolador m
see also organ-grinder

4. grinders (= teeth) → muelas fpl

grinder [ˈgraɪndə^r] n

(= machine) (for coffee) → moulin m (à café)

(= knife sharpener) → appareil m à aiguiser

grinder

n

(= meat grinder) → Fleischwolf m; (= coffee grinder) → Kaffeemühle f; (for sharpening) → Schleifmaschine f; (= stone) → Schleifstein m

(= person) → Schleifer(in) m(f)

(= tooth) → Backenzahn m; (of animals) → Mahlzahn m

grinder [ˈgraɪndəʳ] n (machine, for coffee, pepper) → macinino; (for sharpening) → affilacoltelli m inv

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grinder [ˈgraɪndəʳ] n (machine, for coffee, pepper) → macinino; (for sharpening) → affilacoltelli m inv