shredder

shred·der

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shred-er]
- /ˈʃrɛd ər/
- /ˈʃred.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shred-er]
- /ˈʃrɛd ər/

Definitions of shredder word

noun shredder a person or thing that shreds. 1
noun shredder a machine for destroying secret or private documents by shredding them. 1
noun shredder any of various devices used to shred crops, vegetables, wood, metal, etc. 1
noun shredder machine that shreds documents 1
noun shredder machine that shreds crops 1
noun shredder gadget for grating food 1

See all 9 definitions of shredder

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Origin of shredder

First appearance:

before 1565

One of the 32% oldest English words

First recorded in 1565-75; shred + -er1

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Parts of speech for Shredder

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shredder

shredder popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shredder usage trend in Literature

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