sander
noun
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
sander
1 American
[san-der]
/ ˈsæn dər /
noun
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sanders
plural
Sander
2
American
[san-der]
/ ˈsæn dər /
noun
sander
British
/ ˈsændə /
noun
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a power-driven tool for smoothing surfaces, esp wood, plastic, etc, by rubbing with an abrasive disc
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a person who uses such a device
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Now the ideal man looks like he was assembled by Marvel Studios, before being buffed with an orbital sander.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The report found "the automatic sander did not function, probably due to the presence of electrical faults in its control circuit, while the manually-operated emergency sander was not activated by the driver".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
You expend all your strength in controlling the edger instead of trying to maintain your balance while using the sander.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
“You can’t run a floor sander over walls,” Salisbury said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
Within a week, he is promoted to sander, making $9.50.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
In more recent days, the name of Fulham's Sander Berge has become more prominent.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Sander Berge and Oscar Bobb were part of the brilliant Norway side beaten by England in the quarter-finals, while Belgium's Timothy Castagne and Morocco's Issa Diop also fell at that stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Organisers have cancelled the four-day techno music festival Defqon.1 in Biddinghuizen in the central Netherlands, scheduled to start on Thursday, its director Sander Bijlstra told the ANP news agency.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
The Yale prints were made from the remaining negatives in the 1990s by Gerd Sander, August Sander’s grandson, and are based on vintage prints and the artist’s notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
"Sander," said Mr. Pope, "see if you can hunt up a change of clothing for Widge. He looks as though he's been wrestling pigs."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
Northern trains are often fitted with what are catchily-titled double variable rate sanders.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
Get hooked up with power sanders, telescopes and free passes to the zoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
On a wet morning in late October, the sound of electrical sanders whirring and the steady thunks of a craftsman planing a chair leg echoed through one of Century Furniture’s cavernous warehouses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
The high-pitched noise of the sanders had driven 426 away.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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