meatgrinder

English

Alternative forms

• meat grinder, meat-grinder

Etymology

meat +‎ grinder

Noun

meatgrinder (plural meatgrinders)

1. A device for cutting meat into very small pieces.

   Keep your fingers away from the throat of the meatgrinder.

2. (informal) A physically dangerous or wearing activity, as a military battle, or an occupational or athletic activity.

   The mountainous second day of the race was a real meatgrinder, with 20% of racers dropping out.

3. (informal) A process that is likely to be injurious in a non-physical way.

   Senate confirmation hearings are a real meatgrinder, discouraging people from government service.

Translations

device for cutting meat

• Belarusian: мясару́бка f (mjasarúbka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絞肉機／绞肉机 (zh) (jiǎoròujī), 绞肉机 (zh) (jiǎoròujī), 碎肉器 (zh) (suìròuqì)

• Dutch: gehaktmolen (nl) m
• Estonian: hakklihamasin
• Finnish: lihamylly (fi)
• French: hachoir (fr) m
• Georgian: ხორცსაკეპი (xorcsaḳeṗi)
• German: Fleischwolf (de) m
• Italian: tritacarne (it) m
• Japanese: 挽肉機 (ひきにくき, hikinikuki), 挽肉器 (ひきにくき, hikinikuki), ミンサー (minsā)
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• Kazakh: еттартқыш (ettartqyş)
• Korean: 고기 가는 기계 (gogi ganeun gigye), 민서 (minseo)
• Lithuanian: mėsmalė f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøttkvern (no) m or f

• Portuguese: moedor (pt) m
• Russian: мясору́бка (ru) f (mjasorúbka)
• Swedish: köttkvarn (sv) c
• Udmurt: сӥлькоран (siľkoran)
• Ukrainian: м'ясору́бка (uk) f (mʺjasorúbka)
• Vietnamese: máy băm thịt

physically dangerous or wearing activity

• Finnish: verilöyly (fi)
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• Russian: мясору́бка (ru) f (mjasorúbka)

process that is likely to be injurious in a non-physical way

• Finnish: piinapenkki
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• Russian: мясору́бка (ru) f (mjasorúbka)