English Explanatory Dictionary

shredder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person 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. Someone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
  5. One who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.

Pronunciation

/ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/ en-us-shredder.ogg

Word forms

shredder shredders

Etymology

From shred + -er.

Derived words

file shredder nerve-shredder paper shredder
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