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shredder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree English shred Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English shredder From shred + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who shreds or tears something.
  2. A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.
  3. A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.
  4. (slang) Someone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
  5. One who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.

Forms

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shredders Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nerve-shredder · file shredder · paper shredder

Translations (42)

fr déchiqueteuse (machine) · pt triturador (machine) · fi tiedostosilppuri (program) · sk skartovačka (machine) · de Aktenvernichter (machine) · de Schredder (machine) · ja シュレッダー (machine) · es ralladora (machine) · cs skartovačka (machine) · sv dokumentförstörare (machine) · nb makuleringsmaskin (machine) · es trituradora (machine) · pl niszczarka (machine) · fi paperisilppuri (machine) · ca trituradora (machine) · sl uničevalnik dokumentov (machine) · uk подрі́бнювач папе́ру (machine) · sl drobilnik (machine) · cy rhwygwr (machine) · bg шре́дер (machine) · ru шре́дер (machine) · sl rezalnik (machine) · nn makuleringsmaskin (machine) · fr broyeur (machine) · ko 세단기 (machine) · cmn 碎紙機 /碎纸机 (machine) · fr choucrouteuse (machine) · it trituratore (machine) · fi silppuri (machine) · de Reißwolf (machine) · fo pappírstægari (machine) · is pappírstætari (machine) · sk skartátor (machine) · es desfibradora (machine) · hu iratmegsemmisítő (machine) · nl versnipperaar (machine) · tr öğütücü (machine) · pl program niszczący (program) · pt fragmentadora (machine) · cs skartovač (machine) · uk шре́дер (machine) · it tritadocumenti (machine)

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