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sander - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun noun noun noun
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noun sand wood.noun sanding .noun traction .noun archaic Previously a small device resembling a saltshaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink .
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to sand + -er
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And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
(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 .)
Group Is Mother of Inventions Jo Piazza 2010
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.
Archive 2009-10-01 Ulysses 2009
And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
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.
Existential Dilemma Ulysses 2009
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.
A Magnificent Obsession Andrew McKie 2011
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.
Wild Horses Andrew McKie 2011
Other tools in the line include an auto hammer, multi-tool, circular saw, sander , drill/driver, and LED light.
Builders’ Show: Craftsman's 3-minute battery charge 2011
And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
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