grinder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grinder	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for grinder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grinder n 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 Synonym(s): bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars Synonym(s): molar, grinder machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing Synonym(s): mill, grinder, milling machinery a machine tool that polishes metal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grinder \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. (Zo[94]l.) 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.