"sander" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsændɚ/ [US] Forms: sanders [plural]
Etymology: sand + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|sand|-er|id2=agent noun}} sand + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sander (plural sanders)
  1. A person employed to sand wood. Translations (person who sands wood): schuurder [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-sander-en-noun-k85fO34v Disambiguation of 'person who sands wood': 75 3 8 14
  2. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding. Translations (machine for sanding): fregadora [feminine] (Catalan), 砂磨機 (Chinese Mandarin), 砂磨机 (shāmójī) (Chinese Mandarin), schuurmachine [feminine] (Dutch), slijpmachine [feminine] (Dutch), hiomakone (Finnish), ponceuse [feminine] (French), lixadora [feminine] (Galician), Schleifmaschine [feminine] (German), Schwingschleifer [masculine] (German), Rutscher [masculine] (German), Schleifgerät [neuter] (German), Sander [masculine] (German), levigatrice [feminine] (Italian), slipemaskin [feminine] (Norwegian), lixadeira [feminine] (Portuguese), lixadora [feminine] (Portuguese), lijadora [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sander-en-noun-XA87kLKG Disambiguation of 'machine for sanding': 6 79 7 9
  3. (rail transport) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (device which spreads sand to improve traction): Sandstreuer [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-sander-en-noun-E9cMKNB8 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'device which spreads sand to improve traction': 3 2 66 29
  4. (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Tools Translations (archaic: device to remove excess ink): זעמדער (zemder) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sander-en-noun-en:ink_sander Disambiguation of Tools: 21 21 25 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 36 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 2 27 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 5 6 29 60 Disambiguation of 'archaic: device to remove excess ink': 1 1 34 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: orbital sander, random orbital sander, belt sander, strip sander Related terms (sense 3): sanding gear
Disambiguation of 'sense 3': 0 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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