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# shredder

«shredder» in Mova's school dictionary: **a machine that cuts paper into thin strips so it cannot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a shredder, shredders); (slang) a shredder = a very good guitar player or snowboarder

### meaning for a pupil

1) A shredder is a machine that cuts paper into thin strips so it cannot be read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#m1)

2) A shredder can be a kitchen tool or machine part that cuts food or other things into thin pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#m2)

3) (slang) A shredder is someone who plays very fast, skilled guitar, or who surfs or snowboards brilliantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life and safety: grown-ups shred letters with names, addresses and bank details to protect against identity theft. Safety: keep fingers away from a paper shredder and never feed it when it is jammed. Recycling: shredded paper can be used as bedding for hamsters. Slang: «he's a total shredder on the guitar».

### examples

- Mum put the old bank letters in the shredder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#x1)
- Keep your fingers away from the shredder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#x2)
- The shredder jammed because I put too much paper in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#x3)
- We used shredded paper for the hamster's bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#x4)
- The office has a big shredder by the printer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#x5)
- My cousin is a real shredder on the electric guitar. (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#x6)
- The vegetable shredder made thin strips of carrot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shredder/#x7)

### note

Countable. From «shred» (to tear into thin strips); the verb doubles the d: shred, shredded, shredding. In the slang sense «shred» means to play or ride amazingly well.

### Trees and pragmatics

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