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# grinder

«grinder» in Mova's school dictionary: **A machine or tool that crushes something into small bits…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a grinder, grinders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A machine or tool that crushes something into small bits or powder: a coffee grinder, a pepper grinder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#m1)

2) A power tool with a spinning disc that smooths or cuts metal or stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#m2)

3) (informal) A back tooth (molar). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#m3)

4) (US) A long sandwich, also called a sub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#m4)

5) A grinder can also be a person whose job is to sharpen knives and scissors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In kitchens, workshops and science lessons about changing materials. Phrases: coffee grinder, pepper grinder, angle grinder, meat grinder.

### examples

- Dad turns the pepper grinder over his pasta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#x1)
- The coffee grinder is very noisy in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#x2)
- The builder used an angle grinder to cut the metal pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#x3)
- Sparks flew from the grinder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#x4)
- Wear goggles when someone uses a grinder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#x5)
- Your back teeth are grinders that crush your food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#x6)
- As he came to the next village, he saw a scissor-grinder with his wheel, working and singing, [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/#x7)

### note

From the verb grind (grind, ground, ground). Safety: angle grinders are dangerous and only for adults with goggles and gloves.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grinder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grinder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.