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grinder

/ˈɡɹaɪndə/GRYN-dur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɡɹaɪndɚ/GRYN-dur

Meaningone that grinds

Common meaning: a machine or person that grinds

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Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishgrindansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishgrindensource
  3. Englishgrind‘to crush into powder’
  4. Englishformed in English from grindgrinder‘a machine or person that grinds’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from grind + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GRIND, p.244 · scan

Source words

  • grindan Old English · source word “crushing, grinding”

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