Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that sands, especially.
- noun A device that spreads sand on roads.
- noun Such a device together with the truck that carries it.
- noun A machine having a powered abrasive-covered disk or belt, used for smoothing or polishing surfaces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person employed to
sand wood. - noun A machine to mechanize the process of
sanding . - noun A device which spreads sand in snowy or icy conditions to improve
traction . - noun archaic Previously a small device resembling a
saltshaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excessink .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
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(Among them: James Corr, a Lehman Brothers casualty turned stay-at-home dad who has invented a mountable wall ledge to hang marathon medals; massage therapist Natalia Rodriguez, creator of a multiform pillow; and military veteran turned film extra Bruce Taylor, the man behind the Mighty Mouth Suck It Up, a dust-free sander.)
Group Is Mother of Inventions Jo Piazza 2010
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I promise I'll come up with something pithy, witty, or at least worth reading as soon as I can string three coherent thoughts in a row without wanting to scream and take a belt sander to the kneecaps of the nearest corporate CEO.
Archive 2009-10-01 Ulysses 2009
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And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
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And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
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I promise I'll come up with something pithy, witty, or at least worth reading as soon as I can string three coherent thoughts in a row without wanting to scream and take a belt sander to the kneecaps of the nearest corporate CEO.
Existential Dilemma Ulysses 2009
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Their source is the artist, three meters above me on an improvised platform at the front of a fork-lift truck, using a handheld sander to smooth a colossal section of a fiberglass model.
A Magnificent Obsession Andrew McKie 2011
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Andrew Testa/Panos for The Wall Street Journal Nic Fiddian-Green uses a handheld sander to smooth a section of a fiberglass model that will be finished in lead.
Wild Horses Andrew McKie 2011
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Other tools in the line include an auto hammer, multi-tool, circular saw, sander, drill/driver, and LED light.
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And what the hell is anyone doing with a sander out in the bayou, anyway?
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Hatchet II Dan Persons 2010
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