grind·er /ˈgraɪndɚ/
推磨的人,研磨者,磨的上段
Grind·er n.
1. One who, or that which, grinds.
2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.
3. Zool. The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.
Grinder's asthma, Grinder's phthisis, or Grinder's rot Med., a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.
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grinder
n 1: 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 [syn: bomber,
hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban
sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine,
submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
2: grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the
premolars [syn: molar]
3: machine that processes materials by grinding or crushing
[syn: mill]
4: a machine tool that polishes metal