26984 words

shredder

3 definitions • 3 examples
1
a tool or machine that is used for cutting things into very small pieces:

Examples:

a paper/document/vegetable shredder
Much of the documentary evidence against her had been put through the shredder before she was arrested.
2
a machine used for cutting things into very small pieces
3
a machine for cutting documents into small pieces so that they cannot be read:

Examples:

Put papers you no longer need in a cross-cut shredder.

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