grinder
Americannoun
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grinders
plural
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a person or thing that grinds.
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a kitchen device or appliance for grinding food.
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a sharpener of tools.
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a molar tooth.
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Chiefly New England and Inland North. hero sandwich.
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Informal. grinders, the teeth.
noun
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a person who grinds, esp one who grinds cutting tools
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a machine for grinding
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a molar tooth
Regionalisms
See hero sandwich.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of grinder
Vocabulary lists containing grinder
Mechanical Engineering
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Choiniere, 27, is another grinder; a player known more for his selfless play than for any flashy stats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Monson de Kansky was performing in the role of a street dancer in the ballet “Petrouchka,” and Igor played the organ grinder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
There is no doubt Norrie, a grinder with limited weapons, has maximised his talents superbly.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
Next to the calendar there is a postcard of a Duchamp painting he has always loved, of a chocolate grinder that reminds him of a set of drums, suspended against a gray background.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Generators, metal grinders and backhoes to clear debris are also desperately needed, affected residents say.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Lalique salt and pepper grinders priced at £2,618.16 were bought in January 2020.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Left behind on the street outside the Louvre was the truck, a jerry can, a blowtorch, angle grinders, a walkie-talkie and yellow vests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
French investigators have collected more than 150 samples of DNA, fingerprints and other forensic traces from the scene, including from a helmet, angle grinders, gloves and a vest abandoned by the perpetrators, according to prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
“Where they are so short on pig snouts and coffee grinders and there are all the reports of Harries winning the wooden cross?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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