grinding wheel

American  

noun

1. a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.

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grinding wheel British  

noun

1. an abrasive wheel, usually a composite of hard particles in a resin filler, used for grinding

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Etymology

Origin of grinding wheel

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

There's pride in the work, confidence in knowing what can go right or wrong with every pass of a sole under a grinding wheel.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 26, 2017

At the Queens bank, the investigators also found a grinding wheel, a tool to cut through steel or concrete.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2016

Here, the huge grinding wheel works back and forth across the exposed, glistening coal seam.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2014

There's a grinding wheel on the workbench, plus a belt sander.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2011

Once Lestrange paused to speak to a man who sat, note-book and pencil in hand, beside another who manipulated under a grinding wheel a delicate aluminum casting.

From The Flying Mercury by Frederick, Edmund