different between grinder vs cinder

English

Etymology

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

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?n.d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)
• (US) IPA^(key): /??a?nd??/

Noun

grinder (plural grinders)

1. One who grinds something, such as the teeth.

   scissors grinder (one who sharpens scissors)
2. (anatomy) A molar.
3. (slang) Any tooth.
4. A power tool with a spinning abrasive disc, used for grinding, smoothing, and shaping materials, usually metal.
5. (US, regional, western New England) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.

   I am going to the deli to get a grinder for lunch.
6. A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces
7. The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder.
8. (music, slang) A fan or performer of grindcore music.
9. (slang) A biohacker who uses cybernetic implants or biochemicals to enhance or change their own body.
10. (slang, dated) A student who studies hard; a swot.
11. (slang, dated) A person who coaches students for an upcoming examination.
12. (ice hockey, slang) A hard-working, physical player with limited offensive ability.
13. (lawyer slang) A low-ranking attorney with no clients who works very hard.
14. (US, military, slang) An outdoor space for drills and parades.
    • 2019, Chas Romeo, U.S.M.C.

      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.

    • 2013, USMC Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC / TC3) Guidelines

      Company formations are held on the grinder (basketball court outside the Quarterdeck).

15. (radio, informal) Atmospheric interference producing a roaring background noise.

Usage notes

• The type of sandwich denoted by grinder varies widely. In the Philadelphia area, for example, a grinder is distinguished from a hoagie in that the grinder is toasted or baked, and usually lacks lettuce.

Synonyms

• (sandwich): sub

Derived terms

Translations

References

• (a tooth; one who coaches students): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• derring, red ring, regrind

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

grinder m or f

1. indefinite plural of grind

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grinder f

1. indefinite plural of grind

English

Alternative forms

• sinder (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cinder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *sindr?, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *send?ro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic ????? (s?dra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(r)

Noun

cinder (plural cinders)

1. Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
2. An ember.
   • 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room

     If from adown the hopeful chops
     The fat upon the cinder drops,
     To stinking smoke it turns the flame,
     Poisoning the flesh from whence it came

3. Slag from a metal furnace.
4. (dated, colloquial) Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.

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Translations

Verb

cinder (third-person singular simple present cinders, present participle cindering, simple past and past participle cindered)

1. (transitive) To reduce to cinders.
2. (transitive) To cover with cinders.

   We plan to cinder this path.

Translations

See also

• Cinderella
• scoria

Anagrams

• Nerdic, crined