Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 11 compound words that contain grinder. The most common are listed below. Open grinder in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- angle grinderA usually hand-held grinder which uses a pair of internal gears to place the rotational axis of the grinding or cutting wheel perpendicular to that of the driving motor.
- coffee grinderA device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans so they can be brewed as coffee. (Technically many of the machines tear the coffee beans).
- bench grinderA grinder, typically with a pair of grinding wheels (one at each end of the motor shaft) that is designed to be permanently mounted on a workbench.
- organ grinderThe player of a barrel organ.
- universal grinderA notional mechanism whereby countable nouns are made uncountable.
- Rzhev Meat GrinderThe Battles of Rzhev.
- meat grinderAlternative spelling of meatgrinder: A device for cutting meat into very small pieces.
- die grinderA usually hand-held grinder with the rotational axis of the grinding or cutting wheel axial to that of the driving motor.
- knife grinderOne whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.
- pepper grinderSynonym of pepper mill (“for grinding pepper”).
- rail grinderA rail maintenance vehicle used to restore the profile and remove irregularities, such as corrugations, from worn tracks to extend their life, and to improve the ride of trains using the track.
- stump grinderA piece of heavy equipment that removes tree stumps by means of a rotating cutting disc that chips away the wood.
- fork grinderSomeone whose job is to grind metal forks.
- crumb grinderA child.
- razor grinderA large brown cicada, Henicopsaltria eydouxii, of eastern Australia.
- smoke grinderAn ellipsograph used as a toy.
- gerund-grinderA rigid or pedantic teacher.
- Gospel grinderA missionary, or distributor of religious tracts.
- gooseberry-grinderThe buttocks.
Compound words 11
- meatgrinderA device for cutting meat into very small pieces.
- genogrinderA type of homogenizer used in the preparation of tissue samples
- grindermanA male worker who feeds material into a grinder.
- minigrinderA small grinder.
- cryogrinderA cryogenic grinder
- knifegrinderOne whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.
- lensgrinderA worker who grinds lenses.
- sawgrinderA metalworker who produces sawblades by grinding.
- crumbgrinderAlternative spelling of crumb grinder: A child.
- grinderiesplural of grindery: The materials used by leatherworkers.