Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

comminutor

American

[kom-uh-noo-ter, -nyoo-] / ˈkɒm əˌnu tər, -ˌnju- /

noun

a machine that pulverizes solids, as in waste treatment.

Etymology

Origin of comminutor

comminute + -or ²

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.