Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that sands, especially:
- n. A device that spreads sand on roads.
- n. Such a device together with the truck that carries it.
- n. A machine having a powered abrasive-covered disk or belt, used for smoothing or polishing surfaces: a floor sander.
Wiktionary
- n. A person employed to sand wood.
- n. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
- n. A device which spreads sand in snowy or icy conditions to improve traction.
- n. archaic Previously a small device resembling a saltshaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.
Etymologies
- to sand + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Andrew Testa/Panos for The Wall Street Journal Nic Fiddian-Green uses a handheld sander to smooth a section of a fiberglass model that will be finished in lead.”
“Their source is the artist, three meters above me on an improvised platform at the front of a fork-lift truck, using a handheld sander to smooth a colossal section of a fiberglass model.”
“Other tools in the line include an auto hammer, multi-tool, circular saw, sander, drill/driver, and LED light.”
Consumer Reports: Builders’ Show: Craftsman's 3-minute battery charge
“I promise I'll come up with something pithy, witty, or at least worth reading as soon as I can string three coherent thoughts in a row without wanting to scream and take a belt sander to the kneecaps of the nearest corporate CEO.”
“And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?”
The Huffington Post: Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II
“(Among them: James Corr, a Lehman Brothers casualty turned stay-at-home dad who has invented a mountable wall ledge to hang marathon medals; massage therapist Natalia Rodriguez, creator of a multiform pillow; and military veteran turned film extra Bruce Taylor, the man behind the Mighty Mouth Suck It Up, a dust-free sander.)”
“Sand your wood floors with a sander, and you'll use 237 more every hour you work.”
“Q: You have been a ranch wife, a reporter, a cook, a salad bar designer, house painter, hardwood floor sander, professor, single mother.”
“Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, reports, When Adriene Holland unwrapped a power sander for Christmas, the budding entrepreneur saw past the power tool and toward building a business around the sport she is most passionate.”
“I personally use a little power sander to file down all the extra little tabs on hoop connectors nadia said: On February 20, 2009”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sander’.
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TECH - tools
A very wide category. There are possibly tens of thousands tool words in each of the world's languages.
broom, brush, feather duster, floor buffer, hataki, mop, mop bucket cart, needlegun scaler, pipe cleaner, pressure washer, sandblaster, sponge and 286 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
funky, pedal, bebop, rap, mix, sub, mid, rag, ECM, bpm, bop, Afro and 437 more...
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-er
person who; thing or action; repeatedly; comparative degree
farmer, New Yorker, double-header, flicker, cooler, better, flasher, fighter, worker, singer, dancer, doer and 13 more...
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Woodworking tools
Woodworking glossary (Part 1) - Machines, components and tools used in woodworking, carpentry and in furniture workshops.
dovetail, veneer, stock, jointer, planer, clamp, sander, jig, template, router, lathe, carbide and 35 more...
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