Definition of Shredder

1. Noun. A device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them).

Generic synonyms: Device
Derivative terms: Shred

Definition of Shredder

1. Noun. A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder or garbage shredder. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shredder

1. one that shreds [n -S] - See also: shreds

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shredder

shpilkes
shraddha
shraddhas
shrag
shragger
shrammed
shrank
shranks
shrapnel
shrapnels
shred
shredcook
shreddable
shredded
shredder (current term)
shredders
shreddier
shreddies
shredding
shreddy
shredless
shreds
shreek
shreeked
shreeking
shreeks
shreik
shreiked
shreiking

Literary usage of Shredder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Farm Machinery and Farm Motors by Jay Brownlee Davidson, Leon Wilson Chase (1908)
"The shredder head may be made up of several plates of steel of the rip-saw ... The shredder head is set so close to the snapping rolls that as the stalks ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The advantages of such a combination of shredder and mill are many. The use of the shredder augments the quantity of cane the mill can grind, ..."

3. Modern Silage Methods by The Silver manufacturing co., Salem, O. (1911)
"The New "Ohio" shredder Showing a Sample of Shredded Com Stalks Speed, 600 to 700 revolutions The Illustration above shows a regular "Ohio" machine equipped ..."

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