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.

Origin:
1565–75; shred + -er1

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shred (ʃrɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Shredder is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Example sentences
Following her husband's instructions, she destroyed the papers in a home
  shredder and burned the remains in their back garden.
Staff tested the shredder for its capacity to grind electronic equipment
  holding sensitive data.
Only good when someone grapples with an underfed animal or overactive shredder.
Your file was immediately tossed into the paper shredder along with hundreds of
  other losers.
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