grinder

Examples

• All

• Children often lose their grinders in their teenage years as adult teeth grow in.

• They were knife grinders, too.

  Fiction book (1999)

• She was a glass grinder.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Against one end were butcher blocks, meat grinders, and tallow pots as big as kettle drums on hooks.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The dentist pointed to the large back teeth, explaining that they are known as grinders because they help break down food.

Synonyms

T

tooth

vsgrinder

• Specialized

122 6.6

A small pointed part on a machine or tool that fits with others

is the dental chewing structure rather than a simple object projection

M

molar

vsgrinder

26 2.5

A large flat tooth at the back of the mouth for grinding food

is the dental chewing item rather than a general or mechanical sense

B

back tooth

vsgrinder

1 2.2

A tooth at the back of the mouth, like a molar

is narrower, naming the specific grinding tooth rather than any rear tooth

Antonyms

I

incisor

12 3.6

A front tooth used for cutting food

Compounds

C

coffee grinder

2 2.3

A machine that turns roasted coffee beans into small pieces

O

organ grinder

• Archaic

2 8.3

A street musician who plays a small hand-turned organ, often with a monkey, or a person in charge

M

meat grinder

• Literature

2 7.0

A situation that causes a lot of harm and suffering to people over time

M

meat grinder

1 1.8

A kitchen machine that cuts meat into small pieces

P

pepper grinder

• US

1 1.7

A small tool that crushes peppercorns into ground pepper for adding flavor to food

C

crumb grinder

7.6

A person or machine that grinds bread into small pieces for cooking

O

organ-grinder

• Archaic

8.8

A street musician who plays a small organ turned by hand for tips

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology