| grinder | | |
| n. (food) | 1. bomber, cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. |
| ~ sandwich | two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them. |
| n. (body) | 2. grinder, molar | grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars. |
| ~ tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense. |
| ~ wisdom tooth | any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. grinder, mill, milling machinery | machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing. |
| ~ cider mill | mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider. |
| ~ coffee grinder, coffee mill | a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans. |
| ~ flour mill | a mill for grinding grain into flour. |
| ~ gristmill | a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain). |
| ~ machinery | machines or machine systems collectively. |
| ~ meat grinder | a mill for grinding meat. |
| ~ pepper grinder, pepper mill | a mill for grinding pepper. |
| ~ quern | a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand. |
| ~ spicemill | a mill for grinding spices. |
| ~ tread-wheel, treadwheel, treadmill | a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps. |
| ~ water mill | a mill powered by a water wheel. |
| ~ windmill | a mill that is powered by the wind. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. grinder | a machine tool that polishes metal. |
| ~ emery wheel, grinding wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding. |
| ~ machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials. |
| molar | | |
| adj. (pertain) | 1. molar | of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth.; "molar teeth" |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. molar | designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution. |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. molar | containing one mole of a substance.; "molar weight" |
| adj. | 4. molar | pertaining to large units of behavior.; "such molar problems of personality as the ego functions" |
| ~ psychological science, psychology | the science of mental life. |
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