gritter

English

A gritter

Etymology

grit +‎ -er

Noun

gritter (plural gritters)

1. A vehicle that applies grit to icy roads to improve traction
   • 2009 February 4, “Letters: Sledging, shovels and snowdrops”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     You need more than gritters, you need ploughs.

Translations

vehicle

• Dutch: strooiwagen (nl)
• French: sableuse (fr) f , saleuse (fr) f
• German: Streufahrzeug (de) n
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• Italian: spargisale (it) m
• Spanish: quitanieves (es) m
• Swedish: saltbil, sandbil

See also

• Winter service vehicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia