shredder

American  

[shred-er] / ˈʃrɛd ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that shreds.

2. a machine for destroying secret or private documents by shredding shredding them.

3. any of various devices used to shred crops, vegetables, wood, metal, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of shredder

First recorded in 1565–75; shred + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Banksy soon took credit for the prank, saying he hid the remote-controlled shredder in the frame.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What if the old financial playbook is costing you?” says the text above a graphic of a $100 bill going through a shredder.

From The Wall Street Journal

The purchase of Crown also includes a meat shredder, a machine used to cut up cooked chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal

"To think these precious papers could've been lost to the shredder and now they will go on to educate and inspire generations," he said.

From BBC

Seven weeks in, he suggested, 2025 is on track to be one of them: “a time when the basic assumptions about the way our world works are fed into the shredder.”

From Salon