shredder

English

paper shredder

Etymology

shred +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛdə(ɹ)

Noun

shredder (plural shredders)

1. A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder or garbage shredder.
2. (computing) A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.
3. (slang) Someone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
4. (music) One who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.

Translations

machine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碎紙機 (zh), 碎纸机 (zh) (suìzhǐjī)

• Czech: skartovačka (cs) f, skartovač m
• Dutch: versnipperaar
• Finnish: silppuri
• French: broyeur (fr) m, déchiqueteuse (fr) f
• German: Schredder (de) m
• Italian: tritadocumenti m, trituratore m
• Japanese: シュレッダー (shureddā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makuleringsmaskin m

  Nynorsk: makuleringsmaskin m, f

• Polish: niszczarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: triturador m, fragmentadora f
• Russian: шре́дер (ru) m (šrɛ́dɛr)
• Slovene: uničevalnik dokumentov m, drobilnik m, rezalnik m
• Spanish: trituradora (es), desfibradora (es) f, ralladora (es) f
• Swedish: dokumentförstörare c (paper shredder)
• Turkish: öğütücü (tr)

program

• Finnish: tiedostosilppuri