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| 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. |
| grate | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. grate, grating | a frame of iron bars to hold a fire. |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| ~ furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.. |
| ~ cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove, range | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food.; "dinner was already on the stove" |
| n. (event) | 2. grate | a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. grate, grating | a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. |
| ~ barrier | a structure or object that impedes free movement. |
| ~ radiator grille, grille | grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator. |
| v. (possession) | 4. grate | furnish with a grate.; "a grated fireplace" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. eat into, fret, grate, rankle | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" |
| ~ annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, bother, nettle, rag, chafe, get at, get to | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| v. (contact) | 6. grate | reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface.; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| v. (contact) | 7. grate, grind | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together.; "grate one's teeth in anger" |
| ~ gnash | grind together, of teeth. |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| ~ chew, manducate, masticate, jaw | chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| v. (contact) | 8. grate, scrape | scratch repeatedly.; "The cat scraped at the armchair" |
| ~ paw | scrape with the paws.; "The bear pawed the door" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
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