shredder

shred·der  (shrdr)

n.

1. One that shreds.

2. A device used for shredding documents, often as a security measure to prevent unapproved persons from reading them.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shredder - a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

Translations

shredder [ˈʃrɛdəʳ] n (= vegetable shredder) → picadora (= document shredder); trituradora (de papel)

shredder [ˈʃrɛdəʳ] n (for vegetables) → râpeur m;

(for documents, papers) → déchiqueteuse f

shredder [ˈʃrɛdəʳ] shred n (also: vegetable shredder) → Raspel f;

(also: document shredder) → Reißwolf m;

(also: garden shredder) → Häcksler m

shredder [ˈʃrɛdəʳ] n (for documents, papers) → distruttore m di documenti; sminuzzatrice f