shredder
23
3.0
- noun
- /ˈʃrɛdər/
:
destructora de papel
- To protect sensitive information, always use a shredder to dispose of old documents.
- grinders or shredders
- auto shredder
- shredder residue
And so the shredder, you literally just picture a paper shredder, Shredders.
- And so the shredder, you literally just picture a paper shredder, Shredders.
- And let's get back to the brains and brain shredders that you can use to shred those Post it notes to use to write your passwords on.
Examples
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After reviewing the reports, she sent them all through the shredder to ensure privacy.
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Just make sure the shredder is working.
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We are the evidence, and this is the shredder.
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Made it with paper from the paper shredder.
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Just toss them in the shredder and claim you never got them.
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I found this in a jammed paper shredder.
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For the next two hours, Green fed papers into the ravenous shredder, which gnashed its teeth as if calling for more.
Fiction book (2002) -
Combs grabbed an armload of files and whistled as he fed them into the shredder.
Fiction book (2002) -
The office shredder made it easy to securely destroy piles of outdated paperwork.
Compounds
How Fine
- US
1
7.2
- Specialized
1
7.7
- Specialized
27
2.5
23
3.0
- Specialized
61
3.9
- Archaic
35
9.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shredder comes from the word shred, which means 'to tear or cut into small pieces', plus -er meaning 'a tool or person who does something'. So a shredder is a machine that tears papers into tiny pieces to stop other people reading them.