drum sander

noun

plural drum sanders

: a machine that has a mounted cylindrical wheel with an abrasive (such as sandpaper) on its outer curved surface and that is used especially for sanding flat surfaces (as of wood or metal)

To repair the wood floors, we needed to sand them down with a drum sander and refinish them with wood stain and a fresh coat of polyurethane.

—Clint Proctor

Jonny Lambert held his breath a bit when the thin, fragile wood grid fed through the drum sander.

—Ryan Aber

I should have known, with the first swipe of a 100-pound drum sander, that no single part of the project would be easy.

—Lydia Seabol Avant

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drum sander

• bystander
• commander
• expander
• highlander
• leander
• meander
• philander
• brander
• candor
• dander
• gander
• grander