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

The grinding wheel revs and squeals when the blade touches it, and Helen pulls out a handful of change and lets Timmy take a quarter.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2010

The catastrophes may rightly be averted, if we can avert them; but nature stays not its grinding wheel for our moans.

From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood