shredder

 [shred-er]  

shred·der

   [shred-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that shreds.
2.
a machine for destroying secret or private documents by shredding them.
3.
any of various devices used to shred crops, vegetables, wood, metal, etc.
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Origin:
1565–75; shred + -er1
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Shredder is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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shred (ʃrɛd)
 
—n
1.  a long narrow strip or fragment torn or cut off
2.  a very small piece or amount; scrap
 
—vb , shreds, shredding, shredded, shred
3.  (tr) to tear or cut into shreds
 
[Old English scread; related to Old Norse skrjōthr torn-up book, Old High German scrōt cut-off piece; see scroll, shroud, screed]
 
'shredder
 
—n

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