"die grinder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: die grinders [plural]
Etymology: Named after diemaking, which was the formative application in the development of this class of tools. Head templates: {{en-noun}} die grinder (plural die grinders)
  1. A usually hand-held grinder with the rotational axis of the grinding or cutting wheel axial to that of the driving motor. Hypernyms: grinder, power tool Related terms: diemaker, diemaking, tool and die Coordinate_terms: angle grinder, bench grinder, wall chaser, grinding machine
    Sense id: en-die_grinder-en-noun-gniClB4I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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