grinder

noun

ˈgrīn-dər How to pronounce grinder (audio)
Definition of grindernext
as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll ordered a meatball grinder from the beach's concession stand

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Recent Examples of grinder Beiranvand tallied a heroic seven saves in Sunday’s 0-0 grinder with Belgium. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2026 Truly excellent drip coffee makers for the multiple mugs a day crowd from Technivorm, coffee grinders from Oxo, and travel cups from Zojirushi. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 June 2026 Between the metropolitan cathedral and presidential palace, Juan Carlos, one of the city’s many organ grinders, says tourists are starting to arrive from the world over. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 June 2026 Actually, these are anything but those same White Sox that wallowed in all that misery the last three years — but rather a team of young, energetic grinders, the product of a near-total roster overhaul by general manager Chris Getz. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for grinder
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  1. submarine
  2. hero
  3. sub
  4. torpedo
Noun
  • To date, just three United States Navy warships have been named for Juneau, Alaska, and two of those have now been sunk by Japanese submarines.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • What funds that were available went to higher priority items like the Dreadnought-class submarines, the SSN-AUKUS program, and the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).
    — David Szondy July 01, New Atlas, 1 July 2026
Definition of submarine
Noun
  • Soldier Valley Spirits' objective is to support military heroes and their families, Greenwood said.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Shakespeare’s haughty Roman war hero, revered on the battlefield yet reviled by hungry plebeians, becomes the flash point in a young democracy tearing itself apart over power and sacrifice.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of hero
Noun
  • Text is broken into words, sub-words and characters; images into grid-like patches.
    — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
  • Ever more directors are embracing genre, its tropes of its sub-genres.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 7 July 2026
Definition of sub
Noun
  • The company makes radar and electronic warfare systems, as well as torpedo defense countermeasures.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The submarine will be able to carry a mixed load of up to 18 heavyweight torpedoes and SM39 Exocet missiles.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
Definition of torpedo

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