grinder

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: grinder

1	n	machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
2	n	a machine tool that polishes metal
3	n	a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: grinder

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; cider mill
mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider; coffee grinder, coffee mill
a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans; flour mill
a mill for grinding grain into flour; gristmill
a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain); meat grinder
a mill for grinding meat; pepper grinder, pepper mill
a mill for grinding pepper; quern
a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand; spicemill
a mill for grinding spices; tread-wheel, treadmill, treadwheel
a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps; water mill
a mill powered by a water wheel; windmill
a mill that is powered by the wind

Types:: wisdom tooth
any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)

Type of:: tooth
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

Type of:: machine tool
a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials

Synonyms:: Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

Type of:: sandwich
two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

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