Grinder
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English
Noun
Grinder (plural Grinders)- (anatomical) A molar.
- A power tool with a spinning abrasive disc, used for grinding, smoothing, and shaping materials, usually metal.
- A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- I am going to the deli to get a grinder for lunch.
- A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces
Notes
The usage of grinder and related terms for sandwiches varies widely. In the Philadelphia area, for example, a "grinder" is distinguished from a "hoagie" in that the grinder is toasted or baked, and usually lacks lettuce.
Synonyms
- (sandwich): submarine sandwich, sub, hoagie, torpedo, spuckie, hero, hero sandwich
Derived terms
Thesaurus
BLT, Dagwood sandwich, Sloppy Joe, Swiss cheese sandwich, baby tooth, bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, bicuspid, bucktooth, canape, canine, cheese grater, cheeseburger, comminutor, corned beef sandwich, crown, crusher, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition, dogtooth, double-decker sandwich, egg salad sandwich, eyetooth, fang, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth, gold tooth, granulator, grater, grilled cheese sandwich, ham sandwich, hamburger, hoagy, hot dog, incisor, kominuter, levigator, masher, milk tooth, mill, millstone, molar, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, pastrami sandwich, peg, permanent tooth, pestle, pivot tooth, poor boy, premolar, pulverizer, quern, quernstone, rock crusher, roller, sandwich, scrivello, shredder, snag, snaggletooth, steamroller, submarine sandwich, tooth, triturator, tuna salad sandwich, tunaburger, tush, tusk, wisdom tooth
Etymology
grind
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ɡɹaɪn.də(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /graIn.d@(r)/
- Rhymes: -aɪndə(r)
- (US) IPA: /ɡɻaɪndɝ/, SAMPA: /gr\`aInd@`/
