grinder

CEFRC1

/ˈɡɹaɪndə/

noun

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Any tooth.
One who grinds something, such as the teeth.
Any of various machines or devices that grind things, such as by grinding them down or grinding them up.

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Masseter hypertrophy may become apparent in persistent grinders.
2010, A. J. Larner, A Dictionary of Neurological Signs, page 68
It was reported that the recipes for the secret sauce and grinder sandwiches were proprietary, known only to the current president of the corporation and the former owner of the restaurant.
1996, Michael Craig Budden, Protecting Trade Secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, →ISBN, page 20
Rich Lee – one of the organisers of Grindfest, and the Transhumanist Party’s ‘bio-hacking adviser’ – estimates that there are around 3,000 grinders in the US, and many more bio-hackers.
2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 1, in Radicals
We were told then and there that we wouldn't be allowed on the grinder again until we could do a lot better. The grinder is what that large area was called, and it was a fitting name. They literally ground us down on it.
2019, Chas Romeo, U.S.M.C.
Company formations are held on the grinder (basketball court outside the Quarterdeck).
2013, USMC Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC / TC3) Guidelines

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From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er.