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Meanings of
shredder
in English
Russian
тёрка
Portuguese
ralador
Spanish
rallador
Catalan
ratllador
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Tool to grate something.
grater
cheese grater
box grater
Russian
тёрка
Catalan
trituradora de paper
Spanish
trituradora de papel
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Mechanical device used to cut paper into fine strips or pieces.
paper shredder
Catalan
trituradora de paper
Synonyms
Examples for "
grater
"
grater
cheese grater
box grater
Examples for "
grater
"
1
Rinse and grate zucchini using the large holes on a hand-held
grater
.
2
Mash yolks with a fork or finely chop with a hand
grater
.
3
It's a
grater
,
a darling
grater
for horseradish and nutmeg and cocoanut.
4
What looks like smooth, sloping rock feels more like a cheese
grater
.
5
Goose flesh made Alexina's delicate body feel like a cold nutmeg
grater
.
1
What looks like smooth, sloping rock feels more like a
cheese
grater
.
2
My best boots; hidden from the parrot... And a
cheese
grater
.
3
What I need, I think, is a
cheese
grater
and the pocket radio.
4
It's like having a
cheese
grater
shoved against my gums, just saying it.
5
And there should be a
cheese
grater
in the house.
1
Using a
box
grater
,
grate onion into a large bowl.
2
Most supermarkets carry it, and you need only grate it on a
box
grater
to complete this recipe.
3
A food processor makes quick work of preparing the squash, but an old-fashioned
box
grater
will do the trick too.
4
We tried shredding the zucchini on the large holes of a
box
grater
and then squeezing out excess water by hand.
5
The promise of efficiently chopping or shredding vegetables in seconds is a false economy for anyone halfway proficient with a knife or
box
grater
.
Usage of
shredder
in English
1
I grabbed a hand-held
shredder
and carefully set it for lowest power.
2
By then, John would have destroyed them in his
shredder
at home.
3
No, the
shredder
's
good, but it's got to be smaller than that.
4
Our main weapon, or
shredder
,
arced overhead much like an Andalite tail.
5
His bound hands closed around the
shredder
seconds before I reached him.
6
He took Maeve's papers from the desk, ran them through the
shredder
.
7
Loren took the
shredder
from me and slipped it under her shirt.
8
If you have a power
shredder
,
you can grind corrugated cardboard boxes.
9
He fed his health into the
shredder
so that others might get rich.
10
I raised my
shredder
and pointed it at Alloran... no, at Sub-Visser Seven.
11
It also allows frontman and guitarist Stuart Braithwaite to unleash his inner
shredder
.
12
The asteroid glowed where the
shredder
blast hit, and then it increased speed.
13
Haunting and piercing, that baleful screech went down his spine like a
shredder
.
14
Alloran sealed them in by welding the door with his
shredder
.
15
Truck coughed dismally, the
paper
-
shredder
at work in his lung again.
16
And coming up overhead was the long, gracefully arced spike of the main
shredder
.
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shredder
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
fire the shredder
become a shredder
commercial shredder
compulsive shredder
hold shredder
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Translations for
shredder
Russian
тёрка
терка
Portuguese
ralador
Spanish
rallador
trituradora de papel
destructor de documentos
Catalan
ratllador
trituradora de paper
Shredder
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Shredder
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